The Great Gatsby is possibly the great American novel. And, although blessedly short at a mere 180 pages, it carries the usual imprimatur of classic literature regularly assigned as homework ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald would be flabbergasted to hear that on the 100th anniversary of its publication, “The Great Gatsby” is being celebrated around the world. Fitzgerald knew that he had ...

Gay quotes a letter Fitzgerald sent to his editor, Max Perkins: ... Loved St. Paul but left as an adult. And he wrote “The Great Gatsby,” which will be celebrated in 2025.

Why, of course you can!” is a line famously spoken by the title character in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby.” This year, writers are repeating the past — a lot — with new takes on the St.

The Great Gatsby is possibly the greatest American novel. However, it carries the usual imprimatur of classic literature regularly assigned as homework: It’s boring.

‘The Great Gatsby’ is a classic. But a century ago, it flopped. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, published 100 years ago this week, was not popular in the author’s lifetime.

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 ...

When it was first released, critics loved "The Great Gatsby" — but it went over the heads of readers. The story had better luck as a Broadway play, in 1926. The green light in "Gatsby" has a ...

Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025.