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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 ...
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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 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 ...
As ‘The Great Gatsby’ turns 100, a look at an Alabama actress who starred in a lost film adaptation of the iconic novel
LOIS WILSON BOBS HAIR FOR ROLE IN ‘THE GREAT GATSBY.'” That was the headline that ran in The Birmingham Post on June 26, 1926 ...
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'The Great Gatsby' turns 100. What's it like teaching it today?
There's a high likelihood you read The Great Gatsby in high school. But you probably didn't have a lesson like the one taught by Brian Hannon last week. Hannon teaches AP English Literature at ...
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 ...
WT’s Great Books series honoring The Great Gatsby
WT’s Great Books Series will spotlight The Great Gatsby in April as the novel celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2025.
100 years ago, ‘Gatsby’ got mixed reviews in Fitzgerald’s hometown papers
The book’s lukewarm reception in the local press may not be surprising given its author’s complicated relationship with St.
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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America
The Great Gatsby — 100 years old? How can that be? To borrow the words F. Scott Fitzgerald used to describe New York City in ...
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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 ...