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F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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"Gatsby" is the best-known work of St. Paul native author F. Scott Fitzgerald — and a frequent nominee for the title of greatest American novel.
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Readers know “The Great Gatsby,” which turned a century old this week, as a New York novel.
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100 years ago today: "The Great Gatsby," by St. Paul native F. Scott Fitzgerald, hits store shelves
"The Great Gatsby" was first published 100 years ago today. The big picture: "Gatsby" is the best-known work of St. Paul native author F. Scott Fitzgerald — and a frequent nominee for the title of greatest American novel.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘The Big Four’
The Lake Forest women F. Scott Fitzgerald met when they were teenagers and whose inspiration were used as characters in “The Great Gatsby” had full lives. Here’s what we found
On This Day: 'Great Gatsby' by Fitzgerald published
In 1925, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published. It would become the subject of several small and big screen, and stage adaptations over the decades.
Does ‘The Great Gatsby,’ 100 this week, owe a creative debt to New England?
Readers know “The Great Gatsby,” which turned a century old this week, as a New York novel. But we may have its author’s summer in Connecticut to thank for it. The US-China trade war escalated. The White House said its tariffs on Chinese goods would effectively be 145 percent and China raised its duty on US imports to 125 percent.
Opinion: As ‘The Great Gatsby’ turns 100, a look at how Connecticut helped shape it
As F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' turns 100, writer Rob Kyff revisits Connecticut's influence on the novel.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic 'The Great Gatsby' turns 100
Thursday marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby." Author Steve Almond has written about the struggles and pleasures of writing and "The Great Gatsby.
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'Gatsby' is 100 years old, and Fitzgerald’s tale is still America’s story
F. Scott Fitzgerald saw the dire patterns we are living through today. This is why “The Great Gatsby” still matters, writes Steve Almond.
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Graphic Gatsby: K. Woodman-Maynard on adapting a classic for comics
Minnesota graphic novelist K. Woodman-Maynard discusses her adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” into a graphic novel, reflecting on its visual style, classroom potential and enduring themes as the original novel turns 100.
Celebrate ‘The Great Gatsby’ turning 100 with this $500 ultimate edition
One of the most well-known novels of all time gets a striking visual reinterpretation. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece The Great Gatsby conjures up images of gilded Art Deco opulence: cloche hats and shimmering flapper dresses;
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The Great Gatsby’s 100th birthday: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America
Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a top contender for the title of Great American Novel, turns 100. A century later, it is invoked to help make sense of a world that still confuses “material enterprise with moral achievement” – as critic Sarah Churchwell wrote in the foreword to Gatsby’s centennial edition.
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Was Gatsby Actually Black? As Novel Turns 100, One East Bay English Class Makes the Case
The discourse over Gatsby’s race has been ongoing for years. Janet Savage, a California writer and attorney, released her 2017 book Jay Gatsby: A Black Man in Whiteface. A 2023 essay in The Atlantic meditated on the value of teaching race in Gatsby; the writer Alonzo Vereen claimed that it’s more important to view Gatsby as “unraced.”
100 years ago, ‘Gatsby’ got mixed reviews in Fitzgerald’s hometown papers
The book’s lukewarm reception in the local press may not be surprising given its author’s complicated relationship with St. Paul, one historian said.
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