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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
How WWII Saved ‘The Great Gatsby From Obscurity
When The Great Gatsby was printed in 1925, critics roasted it resoundingly. “One finishes Great Gatsby with a feeling of ...
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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 ...
‘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 ...
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Not as advertised: The false god in 'The Great Gatsby'
God is so absent from the world of “The Great Gatsby” that the closest any character can get to him is to turn to this vague ...
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Fans are celebrating 100 years of 'The Great Gatsby' with a complete live reading
Friends of the St. Paul Library are putting on a live reading of the novel that is expected to last seven hours straight.
100 Years Later, NYC Will Pay Homage to a Tragic Story in One Wild Way
A century ago, one very, very slim novel changed everything. This year, F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, ...
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Why Gatsby’s ‘Dead Dream’ Still Haunts America 100 Years Later
COMMENTARY: The classic novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald offers a keen appreciation of the human heart’s need for the ...
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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America
Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound ...
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The Great Gatsby (1974)
Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into ...