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’s novel, published 100 years ago this week, was not popular in the author’s lifetime. But it has come to embody American aspiration.

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 ...

"The Great Gatsby," a century old this month, packs a lot into its 180 pages: love, death, money and the American dream, unfolding primarily, its narrator recounts, in "one of the strangest ...

Alexander Manshel chronicles the history of how “The Great Gatsby” became a staple of high-school English classrooms across the United States.

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.

Will There Ever Be Another “Great Gatsby”? A century on, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great Jazz Age novel still speaks to what ails America.

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 ...

And we start celebrating the 100th anniversary in 2025 of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby” with a look at a new book about one of St. Paul’s favorite sons.

A century ago, on April 10, 1925, The Great Gatsby was published by Scribner. One month later, Carl Van Vechten, a novelist, photographer, and Zelig-like impresario, reviewed the novel for The Nation.

Okay, brace yourself for this: Blake Lively almost played Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby! Imagine her going head-to-head with heavyweights like Keira Knightley and Michelle Williams for the ...