The Great Gatsby is by Ernest Hemingway.
Jay Gatsby ( born James `` Jimmy '' Gatz ) is the title character of the 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald novel The Great Gatsby . 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 . Fitzgerald was repeatedly ambivalent about the book 's title and he considered a variety of alternatives , including titles that referenced the Roman character Trimalchio ; the title he was last documented to have desired was Under the Red , White , and Blue .