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In the spring of 1922, writer Nick left his hometown full of hope and came to the emerging city of New York along with the gold rush. Although jazz was popular here and stocks were soaring, the rich and the poor were polarized and people were indulged in extravagance. In order to pursue the American dream, Nick gave up writing and entered the stock market. He moved to the bay near New York and became a neighbor of the mysterious rich Gatsby. Gatsby was not rich when he was young. He was a major officer. He fell in love with a girl named Daisy, and Daisy also fell in love with him. Later, when the First World War broke out, Gatsby was transferred to Europe. It seemed accidental but inevitable, so Daisy broke up with him and married Tom, a playboy from a wealthy family. Daisy's married life is not happy because Tom has another mistress. The satisfaction of material desires cannot fill Daisy's spiritual emptiness. Gatsby was in great pain. He firmly believed that money made Daisy betray her chastity, so he determined to become a rich man. A few years later, Gatsby finally succeeded. He built a mansion opposite Daisy's mansion. Gatsby spent money like water and played the flute all night long, hoping to attract Daisy's attention and regain his lost love.

"Tender Is the Night" is Fitzgerald's last novel. The last stage of his life was the darkest and most difficult period, with a serious financial crisis in his life and his wife Zelda also suffering from mental illness. Through this work, Fitzgerald explores his inner journey and depicts the advent of the "Great Depression" and the disillusionment of the American dream. Everything comes and disappears so quickly, like a short dream.

"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" from the novel collection was adapted into a movie of the same name, directed by David Fincher and starring Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt. In this collection of novels, Fitzgerald created the image of a group of young men and women who pursued their dreams but were disillusioned after the war. Their works are the crystallization of the poet's sensitivity and the dramatist's imagination, and are the product of their artistic talents reaching their peak. Fitzgerald's charm comes from his clear narrative, elegant writing style, colorful and iron-like final words and sentences. This style is best reflected in his short stories.

There are 9 Fitzgerald anthology sets in total: "Heaven on Earth", "Those Sad Young People", "Tender Is the Night", "Stories of the Jazz Age", "The Flying Girl and the Philosopher", "The Great Gatsby", "Collapse", "The Last Tycoon", "Beauty and Sin". "Heaven on Earth" is the author's first novel and an epoch-making work. "Those Sad Young People" is the author's third collection of novels. It collects several excellent short stories published by the author in various publications, focusing on the essence of Fitzgerald's short stories.

"The Great Gatsby" is a novella written by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is set in New York and Long Island in the 1920s. Through the narration of "I" Carraway, it describes the tragic story of the mysterious rich Gatsby who persisted in love but was eventually abandoned by love and died because of it. With beautiful language and exquisite techniques, it delicately and accurately depicts the social landscape of the United States in the "Jazz Age". It can be called a swan song that shows the disillusionment of the "American Dream" in the 1920s, and is regarded as a symbol of American "Jazz Age" literature. The publication of "The Great Gatsby" established Fitzgerald's status in the American literary world, making him the spokesman of the "Jazz Age" in the 1920s and one of the representative writers of the "Lost Generation". After the 1950s, "The Great Gatsby" has been used as a standard textbook in American high school and college literature courses.