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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.
The real ‘Great Gatsby’: Meet the men who likely inspired the infamous novel
In 1951, a blind 65-year-old man named Max Gerlach was listening to the radio when something jolted him to attention. A guest had come on who had just published a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald ...
Cheat Sheets for ‘The Great Gatsby’s’ Centennial
Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby,” the novel’s influence hasn’t exactly dimmed. From illuminating the Empire ...
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Peaky Blinders and The Great Gatsby: What Tommy Shelby and Jay Gatsby share beneath the suits and smoke
Peaky Blinders' Tommy Shelby and The Great Gatsby's Jay Gatsby are two men from completely different worlds. They are also ...
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The Great Gatsby turns 100: NY students reflect on the enduring legacy of a literary classic
It’s been 100 years since The Great Gatsby was first published, and its legacy is still deeply woven into the fabric of New York City and Long Island. From its inspiration on the Gold Coast to its ...
A Snob’s Guide to Gatsby’s Long Island
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s enigmatic millionaire has just turned 100. In honor of the milestone, here is our guide to having a ...
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Themed cocktails and escape rooms… 100 years on, we’ve lost sight of the real Great Gatsby
His neighbour is Jay Gatsby – a shady bootlegger who has amassed a vast wealth ... is a modern-day Buchanan: a symbol of the ...
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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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'The Great Gatsby' turns 100. What's it like teaching it today?
F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel has spent years on high school reading lists. How are literature professors teaching it ...
100 Years Later, NYC Will Pay Homage To a Tragic Story in One Wild Way
The book depicts a tragic love story, tons of bootleg liquor, a decadent portrait of New York City, and some of the most ...
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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 ...