The Great Gatsby

Touted to be the greatest American fiction novel of the 20th century. Well, it's been more than 100 years now. In the era of romanticism, this yes would have felt magical. That was perhaps a time when people could not differentiate between obsession and love.

Gatsby's contrasting romanticism in times were money power was starting to spread it's wings, is still relevant today. But the modern reader craves for much more. The gradual build up is perhaps quintessential in these times. So then, only for those, who like to romanticise, with the romantic era of literature