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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.
The Big Issue13d
Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'
Big Issue books editor Jane Graham celebrates the centenary of F Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, first published in ...
Why F. Scott Fitzgerald was buried in Rockville, Maryland — twice
A quick trip on Metro’s Red Line is all you have to do to visit the grave of the author behind one of America’s greatest ...
The Great Gatsby at 100: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America
Fitzgerald’s uncannily prescient masterpiece of wealth and ambition is an enduring classic. But though it’s sold over 250 ...
The New York Times28d
The Truth About F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Drunken Brawl in Rome
But uncovered documents suggest Fitzgerald ... of the Foreigner Scott Fitgerat” with five sheets of paper inside: an initial report by the carabinieri, the military police force that detained ...
The Irish Times12d
Dazzling tragedy of The Great Gatsby still stalks the American imagination
Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s novel celebrated the 100th anniversary of its publication on Thursday. Small, heartfelt tributes have been organised in various pockets of the country this weekend ...
Long Island Press14d
The Great Gatsby’s 100th birthday: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul ... earning a commission as a second lieutenant. During his military service, he met Zelda Sayre, the woman he would eventually marry. Meanwhile, he ...
Daily Express16d
The new hit musical loved on Broadway that's opening in London's West End next week
Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 magnum opus ... “But what was really important is how it was issued to the US military stationed overseas in the Second World War.” Towards the end of ...
National Catholic Register16d
Why Gatsby’s ‘Dead Dream’ Still Haunts America 100 Years Later
Scott Fitzgerald offers a keen appreciation of ... whom Gatsby comes to know while in military service. In a novel in which traditional religious practice seems forgotten, Daisy comes to take ...
The Badger Herald4d
‘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 ...
Biography on MSN13d
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 ...