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West Hartford writer and teacher Rob Kyff makes no secret of his love for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby.” In his new book, “Gatsby’s Secrets: The Hidden Motifs, Moments and Metaphors ...
This year marks 100 years of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” and much has been written about the novel (and the movies it spawned). My colleague Philip Martin wrote an excellent column about ...
"The Great Gatsby" is a timeless piece of literature by F. Scott Fitzgerald that generations have read since it was first published in 1925. The book is set during the Jazz Age on Long Island. The ...
Known for its glamorous setup and a troubled character who calls his acquaintances “old sport,” The Great Gatsby recently received a makeover from University of Iowa English and Creative Writing ...
It’s hard not to go into “Nick” (Little, Brown and Company, 304 pp., ★★ out of four) with a skeptical heart. An expired copyright and mercenary timing will do that. "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott ...
The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings about the book that began with its first publication a century ago, in April 1925. Few ...
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 — ...
In the spring of 1940, F. Scott Fitzgerald was worried about “The Great Gatsby.” It had been fifteen years since the novel was published, and the author had little to show for it. “My God I am a ...
Before Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby adaptation hit theaters this weekend, we wondered whether—through all the gauze, confetti, Jay-Z, and 3D—this was actually going to be a film that approached the ...
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 ...
World Ballet Company adapted "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous tale of greed and corruption in the Roaring '20s, as part of its aim to make ballet more accessible.
(RNS) — Published 100 years ago Thursday (April 10), “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald continues to be a cautionary tale for our time. While most attention is given — by readers of the novel ...