# The Great Gatsby — Chapters explained

> Chapter companions for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

- [Epigraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/epigraph.md): A four-line poem attributed to Thomas Parke d'Invilliers, which serves as the book's epigraph. It presents a cynical view of courtship, suggesting that extravagant displays of wealth and effort (symbolized by a gold hat 
- [The Great Gatsby](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/the-great-gatsby.md): Nick Carraway recounts the events of the summer of 1922, moving to West Egg and becoming entangled in the lives of his wealthy cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom, as well as his mysterious neighbor Jay Gatsby. The
- [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/i.md): Nick Carraway, the narrator, describes his move to West Egg and his dinner with his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom at their lavish East Egg mansion. He observes the tension and superficiality of their lives, i
- [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/ii.md): Nick is drawn by Tom into the Valley of Ashes to meet Tom's mistress, Myrtle Wilson. They travel to the New York apartment Tom keeps for the affair, where Myrtle hosts a small, raucous party. The gathering includes her s
- [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/iii.md): Nick attends one of Gatsby's lavish Saturday night parties for the first time. He observes the spectacle of excess, the wild behavior of the guests, and the swirling rumors about Gatsby's mysterious past. He meets Jordan

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- [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/iv.md)
- [Chapter V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/v.md)
- [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/vi.md)
- [Chapter VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/vii.md)
- [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/viii.md)
- [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_great_gatsby/chapters/ix.md)

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