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The work "The Beautiful and the Cursed" is like the writer's fatalistic prophecy, foreseeing loneliness in its splendor, with fresh words and a sad tone. The protagonist Anthony finally achieves nothing in his comfortable life of wine and beauty, and his external beauty becomes an evil curse. "The Beautiful and the Damned" is a mirror. The writer's autobiography is very rich, but comparing the story of Anthony and Gloria to the writer's life is obviously too superficial. Fitzgerald created from the depths of his soul, just like the cuckoo cries blood. He was a witness to the 1920s, but also deliberately maintained an aesthetic distance from the 1920s. Therefore, he was able to transcend the limitations of the times, perfectly combine intimacy and alienation, and truly depict the various aspects of human nature in the era.

By chance, the poor clerk Nick breaks into the secret world of the spendthrift tycoon Gatsby. Nick is surprised to find that the only thing that binds Gatsby is the little green light on the other side of the river. In the flickering light, lives his beloved old lover Daisy. Gatsby once lost Daisy due to poverty. In order to find love, he used all means to become a rich man and built a mansion, just to let his former lover come and sit for a while. However, the cold reality cannot tolerate misty dreams, and the real tragedy quietly begins at this moment...

It includes two novels "The Great Gatsby" and "Return to Babylon" by Fitzgerald, the famous American novelist in the 20th century. Among them, "The Great Gatsby" is Fitzgerald's most famous work. It tells the story of the reunion of Gatsby, a rich man who was originally a soldier, and his first love, Daisy, many years later, as well as the subsequent life tragedies that occurred. It depicts various corruptions in the "Jazz Age" society and reflects the loss of traditional American beliefs and the disillusionment of the "American Dream". The famous British literary critic T. S. Eliot highly praised "The Great Gatsby" and said, "This is the first step taken by American novels since Henry James."

In the spring of 1922, Nick, a clerk, left his hometown in the Midwest and came to the East. By chance, he lived next door to the rich Gatsby. He found that Gatsby's huge mansion was full of music and music day and night, but he himself was full of thoughts and always stared across the water at the shining green light at night in the residence on the other side... His first love, Daisy, lived there. Gatsby walked a long way to stand on the lawn of this mansion. When he recognized the green light of Daisy's house for the first time, he felt that his dream seemed so close that it was almost impossible not to catch it. He didn't expect that that dream had already been left behind in the boundless chaos behind the city...

"The Great Gatsby" is set in the upper-middle class society living in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. From the perspective of a poor boy, Nick, it tells the story of Gatsby's unscrupulous efforts to acquire wealth, and his eventual transformation from a pauper to a "great" rich man, as well as his emotional entanglement with Daisy, his lover whom he lost due to poverty in his first love. Gatsby had a fanatical love for luxury cars, mansions, and extravagant parties. His crazy hedonism and unscrupulous pursuit of wealth reflected the common restlessness and moral regression of the society at that time. Daisy's emotional attitude towards him also revealed the cruel social reality at that time and the destruction of the "American Dream". This book received high praise once it was published. Famous writers such as Haruki Murakami, Hemingway, and Eliot all gave the book high praise.

"This story explains everything we are going through in one sentence!" A masterpiece of the era in Hemingway's eyes, Haruki Murakami's literary creation benchmark! The commanding heights of American literature! A constant reminder of the temptations, corruptions and indulgences that money brings. In the common spiritual world of mankind, "The Great Gatsby" dissects eternal confusion and loneliness. Eliot regarded it as a pioneer of American novels, and Yeats regarded it as an annotation of American society and a milestone in literary history.

"The Great Gatsby" is a novella written by the American writer Fitzgerald, set in New York City and Long Island in the 1920s. It is regarded as a symbol of the "Jazz Age" of American literature. The story mainly tells the story of the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby's persistent pursuit of Daisy Fay. The novel is Fitzgerald's great work, which explores depravity, idealism, resistance to change, social changes, and debauchery; it provides an in-depth description of the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties, and can be called a classic representative of the microcosm of American society.

"The Great Gatsby" is a novel by American writer Scott Fitzgerald, set in New York and Long Island in the 1920s. The novel describes how Gatsby, who was born in poverty, went through all the hardships and unscrupulous means to acquire wealth, and later became a "great" rich man in people's hearts. He also struggled to pursue the lover he lost due to poverty in his first love. It reproduced the social reality of the "Jazz Age" in the United States in the 20th century and revealed the temptation and disillusionment of the "American Dream". The novel's text is short and concise, its structure is well-proportioned, and it uses typical scenes and actions, concise and lyrical language to provide readers with a "particularly touching American tragedy" full of charm and beauty.

By chance, Nick, a poor employee, breaks into the secret world of Gatsby, a lavish spender. Nick is surprised to find that the only fetter in Gatsby's heart is the little green light on the other side of the river - in the flickering light, lives his beloved old lover Daisy. Gatsby once lost Daisy due to poverty. In order to find love, he used all means to become a rich man and built a mansion, just to let his former lover come and sit for a while. However, the cold reality cannot tolerate misty dreams, and the real tragedy quietly begins at this moment... "The Great Gatsby" is the "perfect book" in the history of world literature, and Murakami Haruki, Hemingway, and Salinger are crazy about it.

The movie commemorative edition set comes with an English version of the original work, a 10,000-word introduction by Haruki Murakami, and a beautiful translation that presents the charm of the original work.