The Rise and Fall of the American Dream Considered as one of Fitzgerald’s finest works, this book is set in the Swinging Twenties. Nick Carraway, the narrator takes the reader into the story of Jay Gatsby, a self-made millionaire who throws lavish parties. Set in New York, Fitzgerald focuses on America’s everlasting fixation with money, power and ambition.

The rise and fall of Jay Gatsby is also the story of the fabled ‘American Dream’.