小说主要事件发生在1922年夏。耶鲁大学毕业生、一战退伍军人尼克·卡拉

小说主要事件发生在1922年夏。耶鲁大学毕业生，一战退伍军人尼克·卡拉威（也是小说叙述人）从中西部来到纽约，靠贩卖债券维生。杰·盖茨比是一个年轻，神秘的百万富翁，经常举办豪华宴会，却很少出头露面；有很多人到他那里去吃喝，他始终是一个孤独的人。尼克驱车到东卵村拜访表妹黛西·费伊·布坎南，她丈夫汤姆·布坎南是尼克的大学同学。他们将尼克介绍给乔丹·贝克小姐，她是位充满魅力却她告诉尼克斯，汤姆有外遇，叫默特尔·威尔逊，住在“灰烬谷”：西卵村和纽约城之间的工业垃圾场。不久，尼克和汤姆，默特尔前往他们幽会的公寓，古董放荡的狂欢会。默特尔几度提起黛西的名字，汤姆在愤怒中打扁了默特尔的鼻子。

小说主要事件发生在1922年夏。耶鲁大学毕业生、一战退伍军人尼克·卡拉威（也是小说叙述人）从中西部来到纽约，靠贩卖债券维生。他在长岛的西卵村租住了一间小屋，与盖茨比为邻。杰·盖茨比是一个年轻、神秘的百万富翁，经常举办豪华宴会，却很少出头露面；有许多人到他那里去吃喝，他始终是一个孤独的人。尼克驱车到东卵村拜访表妹黛西·费伊·布坎南，她丈夫汤姆·布坎南是尼克的大学同学。他们将尼克介绍给乔丹·贝克小姐，她是位充满魅力却略带自私的青年高尔夫球手；尼克认为自己爱上了她。她告诉尼克，汤姆有外遇，叫默特尔·威尔逊，住在"灰烬谷"：西卵村和纽约城之间的工业垃圾场。不久，尼克和汤姆、默特尔前往他们幽会的公寓，举行放荡的狂欢会。默特尔几度提起黛西的名字，汤姆在愤怒中打扁了默特尔的鼻子。

The main event of the novel happened in the summer of 1922. Nick Callaway, a Yale graduate and World War I veteran, came to New York from the Midwest to make a living selling bonds. He rented a cottage in West Egg village on Long Island, next to Gatsby. Jay Gatsby is a young, mysterious millionaire who often holds luxurious banquets, but rarely appears in public. There are many people to eat and drink with him, and he is always a lonely person. Nick drives to East egg village to visit his cousin Daisy Fay Buchanan, whose husband Tom Buchanan is Nick's college classmate. They introduced Nick to miss Jordan Baker, a charming but slightly selfish young golfer; Nick thought he was in love with her. She told nick that Tom had an affair. His name was Myrtle Wilson and he lived in "ash Valley": an industrial dump between West Egg village and New York City. Soon, Nick, Tom and myrtle went to their apartment for a wild carnival. Myrtle mentions Daisy's name several times, and Tom flattens Myrtle's nose in anger.<br>