Gatsby's Gothic Library, Restyled
The oak-panelled Gothic library in Jay Gatsby's mansion, rebuilt from Fitzgerald's own description, then restyled with AI into new interior styles.
A walkable 3D version of this room is on its way.
The library full of real books
In chapter three of The Great Gatsby (1925), Nick Carraway wanders away from one of Gatsby's parties into the library. F. Scott Fitzgerald describes it as a high Gothic library, panelled with carved English oak, probably shipped over whole from some ruin in Europe. Inside, a drunk guest nicknamed Owl Eyes is amazed that the books are real, with real pages. He had expected cardboard, because everything else about Gatsby is performance.
That's the point of the room. It's old money bought new: a borrowed history, installed in a Long Island mansion to make its owner look like he'd always belonged.
What you're looking at
This room was generated from Fitzgerald's description, not from any film adaptation; the novel is in the public domain, the films are not. Drag the slider to see it restyled. Each look is a real restyle, made by the same AI that restyles a user's own room, so the panelling's shape, the windows and the shelves stay where they are while materials, colors and furniture change.
Why this room
Gatsby's library is the most famous room in American fiction about wanting to look like you belong. Art Deco is the obvious restyle, the style of Gatsby's own decade. The less obvious ones show how much of "old money" is really just dark wood and good lighting.