인터넷서점 인터파크도서

유일하게 원서 중에 3번이나 읽은 책
’나’ 혹은 ’닉’의 눈으로 바라보는 세컨드 커즌 ’데이지’와 이웃사촌 ’겟츠비’의 사랑이야기? 불륜?

’나’와 육촌쯤 되는 친척 ’데이지’
’나’의 이웃사촌이자 ’데이지’의 첫사랑 ’겟츠비’
’데이지’의 남편 ’탐’
’탐’의 내연녀 ’머럴’
’머럴’의 남편 ’조지’

Jay Gatsby (originally James "Jimmy" Gatz)—a young, mysterious millionaire later revealed to be self-made, ex-army officer, originally from North Dakota, with shady business connections and a nostalgic infatuation with Daisy Fay Buchanan

Nick Carraway—a 29-year-old (thirty by the end of the book) bond salesman from the Midwest, a veteran, a Yale graduate, and resident of Long Island.

Daisy Buchanan née Fay—an attractive, effervescent young woman; Nick’s second cousin, once removed; and the wife of Tom Buchanan. Daisy is believed to have been inspired by Fitzgerald’s own youthful romance with Chicago heiress Ginevra King. Gatsby had courted but lost Daisy due to their different social standing, the main reason Fitzgerald believed he had lost Ginevra.

Thomas "Tom" Buchanan—an arrogant "old money" millionaire who lives on East Egg, and the husband of Daisy. Buchanan had parallels to William Mitchell, the Chicagoan who married Ginevra King. Buchanan and Mitchell were both Chicagoans with an interest in polo ponies. Like Ginevra’s father, whom Fitzgerald resented, Buchanan attended Yale.

George B. Wilson—a mechanic and owner of a garage located at the edge of the valley of ashes, the ed husband of Myrtle.

Myrtle Wilson—George Wilson’s wife and Tom Buchanan’s mistress.

Jordan Baker—Daisy Buchanan’s long-time friend, a professional golfer with a slightly shady reputation. Fitzgerald told Maxwell Perkins that her character was based on the golfer Edith Cummings, a friend of Ginevra King.