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As It Turns 100, ‘The Great Gatsby’ Takes Several Turns in the Spotlight
The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina.
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‘The Great Gatsby’ turns 100: Fitzgerald’s classic still speaks to American values
One hundred years ago, a young midwesterner-turned-Ivy-Leaguer enlisted in the military during World War I, hoping to die in ...
Say, Old Sport
“The Great Gatsby” is important, of course, but it’s also all kinds of fun.
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‘The Great Gatsby’ got a bad review in America. A century later, how do we see F. Scott Fitzgerald?
F. Scott Fitzgerald was not a favorite of America's editors for many years, but they all read 'Gatsby.' Everyone reads ...
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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 ...
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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High school teachers reflect on 100 years of 'The Great Gatsby'
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with two educators about teaching F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby 100 years after its publication.
Toast 100 Years of ‘The Great Gatsby’ with these artisanal gins
The Great Gatsby,” by F. Scott Fitzgerald turns 100 years old April 10, 2025. Considered “the great American novel,” this relatively short masterpiece was published by Charles Scribner’s Sons on April ...
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Themed cocktails and escape rooms… 100 years on, we’ve lost sight of the real Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a slippery text. It means different things to different people. To some it is a monolith of American literature – a key contender in the Great American Novel sweepstakes ...
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Hear 'The Great Gatsby,' every word of it, in read-aloud marathon
Never read “The Great ... Great Gatsby” in its entirety, from “In my younger” to “into the past.” It’s at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, starting at 1 p.m. April 10 ...
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Review: The sister of ‘The Great Gatsby’ solves a murder in ‘The Gatsby Gambit’
If you polled 100 people about who is the awfullest among the awful people in “The Great Gatsby,” I bet 99 of them would answer “that louse Tom Buchanan.” In the new “The Gatsby Gambit ...