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‘The Great Gatsby’ Is 100, and as Fresh as Ever
A century after “The Great Gatsby” was first published, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s slender novel about a mysterious, lovelorn ...
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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 ...
‘The Great Gatsby’ turns 100: How Leonardo DiCaprio’s toast became a meme for the ages
The moment comes 38 seconds into the trailer. As a lavish party explodes around him, Leonardo DiCaprio’s perfectly coiffed, cocksure Jay Gatsby raises a glass of bubbly to toast his glorious self — ...
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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 ...
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 regret, not for the fate of the people in the book but f ...