Narrator Nick Carraway describes him as "an elegant young rough-neck, a year or two over 30, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd" and then leaves us to fill in the blanks.

叙事人尼克.卡罗威描述盖茨比是“一位年轻文雅而又健壮的人，大概三十一二岁，说话时一本正经得可笑。” （这里查看网上中文版本的是“一个风度翩翩的年轻汉子，三十一二岁年纪，说起话来文质彬彬，几乎有点可笑。”）