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West Egg

The Great Gatsby

West Egg

The less fashionable of two Long Island communities, West Egg is where Nick rents a small house beside Gatsby’s immense estate.

Characters

Portrait of Nick Carraway

Nick Carraway

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Plot events

  1. Gatsby returns and buys a mansion across the bay After Daisy's marriage and before the summer of 1922

    IV

  2. Nick settles in West Egg and meets the Buchanans Spring 1922; one evening shortly afterward

    I

  3. Jordan reveals Gatsby's request That afternoon in the summer of 1922

    IV