The Great Gatsby
了不起的盖茨比
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream.
《了不起的盖茨比》出版于1925年，是美国作家F. 斯科特·菲茨杰拉德创作的一部以20世纪20年代富足的长岛地区一个虚构小镇西卵为背景的短篇小说。故事主要讲述了年轻而神秘的百万富翁杰·盖茨比和他对美丽的黛西·布坎南不切实际的迷恋与追求。小说被认为是菲茨杰拉德的巨作，深入揭示了腐化堕落、理想主义、抗拒改变、社会动荡和纵欲无度等多个主题，描绘了爵士时代和喧哗的20年代的情景，被认为是对美国梦的警醒之作。
The novel's narrator is Nick Carraway, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran from the Midwest. He rents a small house on Long Island, in the (fictional) village of West Egg, next door to the lavish mansion of Jay Gatsby, a mysterious millionaire. Nick learns that Gatsby knew his cousin Daisy from a romantic encounter in 1917 and is deeply in love with her. He spends many nights staring at the green light at the end of her dock, across the bay from his mansion, hoping to one day rekindle their lost romance. After an initially awkward reunion, Gatsby and Daisy reestablish their connection. However, they cannot assume past happiness, and Gatsby is shot at the end of the story. Nick stages an unsettlingly small funeral for Gatsby, and moves back to the Midwest, disillusioned with the Eastern lifestyle.
故事的叙述者是耶鲁大学毕业生，一战老兵尼克·卡拉韦。他在长岛西卵地区租住了一所小房子，成为神秘的百万富翁杰·盖茨比的邻居。某日，尼克得知盖茨比在1917年曾与其表妹黛西坠入爱河。夜复一夜他在豪宅里眺望海湾，远远看着她码头上的绿灯，希望能与她“重温旧情”。在尴尬的重逢之后，盖茨比和黛西旧情复燃。然而他们无法重回过去的美好，盖茨比也在故事最后被枪杀。尼克为盖茨比举办了冷清的葬礼。对东部生活的美好幻想破灭了，尼克选择回到中西部的老家。
