... who, despite his money, spends most of his time as beta orbiter to a woman named Daisy whom he met in Army training. Gatsby spends his money on lavish parties he doesn't attend at a house he bought across from Daisy's ...

It was the pensive oysterman that saw a lovely maid, Upon a moonlight evening, a-sitting in the shade;

The dearest interests of parties have frequently been staked on the results of the researches of antiquaries.

In undertaking such a task, I realise that I am venturing into uncharted waters, or at least waters for which only charts of the ‘here be dragons’ variety exist.