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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 ...
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" turns 100
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" at the height of the roaring '20s, he couldn't possibly realize that the ...
‘Great Gatsby’ at 100: Behind the gates of the colossal Long Island mansions that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald
People here aren’t living that crazy life like in the Hamptons,” resident told The Post. “I hate the Hamptons.” ...
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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.
One hundred years of ‘The Great Gatsby’: The magnetic resonance of F Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic novel
It’s ironic that, a hundred years after its publication, The Great Gatsby has become a cultural touchstone for reasons that F ...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Never Saw ‘The Great Gatsby’ Become a Classic
Who Was F. Scott Fitzgerald? T he late novelist and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered one of the preeminent American authors of all time almost enti ...
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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 ...
Chicago’s connection to ‘The Great Gatsby’ as Fitzgerald’s novel turns 100
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s romance with a North Shore debutante provided fodder for “The Great Gatsby,” which this year turned 100 ...
Prominent Alabama attorney who tried to unseat Jeff Sessions, represented Roy Moore dead at 78
In his lifetime McPhillips also ran for both a Senate seat and Attorney General. In 2002, he lost to Susan Parker in the Democratic Senate primary. In 1978, he lost in the Attorney General race won by ...
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"The Great Gatsby" turns 100: Initially a sales flop, now regarded as the "great American novel"
When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" at the height of the roaring '20s, he couldn't possibly realize that the book would emerge as one of the very top contenders for "the great ...