West and East Egg, on the northern shore of Long Island, are thought to be disguised versions of Great Neck and Manor Haven/ Sands Point, both famous in the Jazz Age for wealth and luxury. Far enough outside the bustle of New York City, here the wealthy could have their space and waterfront views. By and by came the nouveau riche, which is quintessentially what Gatsby represents to Tom. So while Tom and Daisy live on the fashionable, old money east side of the Long Island Sound, Gatsby lives across the bay. 

 

Although as decadent, fast and urban in 1922 as it is in the modern context, New York City in Gatsby is a secondary setting. It is the place where businessmen meet and where Nick works. It's also where the rich go when bored to entertain themselves with shopping, affairs or simple hedonism. 

 

New York City also represents a version of the American Dream. It is a place of enormous possibility, wealth, hope – and corruption. 

The anithesis of life in East and West Egg, the Valley consists of smoky air, piles of ashes, railroad lines and a few scattered businesses; a buffer between the wealth of Nassau and Suffolk Counties and the densely populated Brooklyn and Queens areas located just across the East River from New York City. 

 

 

Situated on the Ohio River, Louisville is the largest city in Kentucky and the hometown of Daisy and Jordan.

It is also where Daisy and Gatsby meet in 1917 when he is a soldier and she a debutante helping out with the Red Cross.

 

The south of France – a veritable playground for the rich since the 19th century – became especially popular with Americans in the interwar years. Cannes, along with neighbouring Nice, is one of the most popular and famed resorts on the French Riviera. Since 1946 it has hosted the world-famous Cannes Film Festival.

Deauville is located in the Basse-Normandie region of north-western France. Fashionable with the wealthy since the mid-19th century, it is one of the most exclusive beach resorts in France.

 

 

 

 Lake Superior is the biggest of the Great Lakes, bordered by Ontario to the north and Wisconsin to the south. It is the largest freshwater lake in the world in terms of surface area.

Central Park is an urban green space in the centre of Manhattan. Opened in 1859, it covers 843 acres. Prior to construction, the rocky, marshy area was inhabited by many impoverished immigrants who were removed in 1857 under the rule of eminent domain (compulsory purchase).