News

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.
100 years of The Great Gatsby
The short verse attributed to D’Invilliers is an epigraph from the novel, reflective of its plot and characterisation — ...
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 ...
Biography on MSN12d
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 ...
New York Post7d
The real ‘Great Gatsby’: Meet the men who likely inspired the infamous novel
A guest had come on who had just published a biography of F ... Fitzgerald — that Scott had based Gatsby on a man named “von Gerlach,” who “was in trouble over bootlegging.” “The Great ...
Vintage Chicago Tribune: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ and ‘The Big Four’
The Lake Forest women F. Scott Fitzgerald met when they were teenagers and whose inspiration were used as characters in “The Great Gatsby” had full lives. Here’s what we found ...
America Magazine7d
‘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 ...
WBUR13d
'Gatsby' is 100 years old, and Fitzgerald’s tale is still America’s story
A copy of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is displayed June 6, 2013 at Sotheby's in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images) The first review of “The Great Gatsby,” published a ...
CBS News11d
"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 ...
The Boston Globe12d
Does ‘The Great Gatsby,’ 100 this week, owe a creative debt to New England?
Readers know “The Great Gatsby,” which turned a century old this week, as a New York novel. But we may have its author’s summer in Connecticut to thank for it. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The ...