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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 ...
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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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Will There Ever Be Another “Great Gatsby”?
A century on, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great Jazz Age novel still speaks to what ails America.
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Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'
Big Issue books editor Jane Graham celebrates the centenary of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, first published in ...
The Great Gatsby at 100
John Keats wrote in his poem “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” that when he encountered George Chapman’s translation of ...
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"The Great Gatsby" turns 100: Initially a sales flop, now regarded as the "great American novel"
Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great ... Gatsby's downfall, and ultimately Carraway's own disillusionment. All the while, a symbolic green light beckons from the distance. When the book was first ...
'The Great Gatsby' at 100: Long Island's Gold Coast is backdrop for Fitzgerald's classic American novel
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic has had a lasting cultural impact on Long Island, from its historical inspirations to its ...
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 ...