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‘The Great Gatsby’ is a classic. But a century ago, it flopped.
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, published 100 years ago this week, was not popular in the author’s lifetime. But it has come to ...
'The Great Gatsby': The Great American Novel turns 100. Why it is still great
Each year, 100 years after its publication this month in April 1925, “The Great Gatsby” sells around half a million copies, ...
‘The Great Gatsby’ Is 100, and as Fresh as Ever
A century after “The Great Gatsby” was first published, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s slender novel about a mysterious, lovelorn ...
After 100 years, The Great Gatsby still reminds us of the ability of literature to transform everyday life
With its fantastical, romantic subject matter, luxurious excess and its beloved language – not to mention the nostalgia many ...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Never Saw ‘The Great Gatsby’ Become a Classic
Who Was F. Scott Fitzgerald? T he late novelist and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered one of the preeminent American authors of all time almost enti ...
Musical 'The Great Gatsby' brings 1920s glamour to London's West End
A musical incarnation of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 1925 novel "The Great Gatsby" has opened in London's West End, offering audiences the chance to step into Jay Gatsby's world of parties at ...
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'The Great Gatsby' turns 100. What's it like teaching it today?
There's a high likelihood you read The Great Gatsby in high school ... including Hamza Naderi who makes the point that no ...
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‘Great Gatsby’ at 100: Behind the gates of the colossal Long Island mansions that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald
Long Island’s Gold Coast still shines — albeit in a more subdued manner than when “The Great Gatsby” was published ... I can just live my life under the radar. I’m in my pajamas all ...
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"The Great Gatsby" turns 100: Initially a sales flop, now regarded as the "great American novel"
If "The Great Gatsby" never achieved the level of esteem it now enjoys during the author's own life, it wasn't long after his death that Fitgerald's literary reputation took off. When the Modern ...
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The centennial of “The Great Gatsby”: reflecting on its cultural legacy
Fitzgerald’s portrayal of a world of opulence, excess and moral decay in “The Great Gatsby” reflects the author’s life among the social elite. Through characters like Jay Gatsby ...