“The Great Gatsby” was written in 1924 and first published on April 10, 1925.

Quick Scoop

  • F. Scott Fitzgerald drafted the novel while living on the French Riviera in 1924, revising it over the winter of 1924–1925.
  • The book was then published by Charles Scribner’s Sons on April 10, 1925, which is the date most people mean when they ask when it was written.
  • Fitzgerald saw it as a serious artistic step up from his earlier work, hoping it would secure his reputation.

So, in everyday terms: it was written in 1924 and came out in April 1925.

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