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Not as advertised: The false god in 'The Great Gatsby'
God is so absent from the world of “The Great Gatsby” that the closest any character can get to him is to turn to this vague ...
‘The Great Gatsby’ turns 100: How Leonardo DiCaprio’s toast became a meme for the ages
The moment comes 38 seconds into the trailer. As a lavish party explodes around him, Leonardo DiCaprio’s perfectly coiffed, cocksure Jay Gatsby raises a glass of bubbly to toast his glorious self — ...
"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 American ...
After 100 years, The Great Gatsby still reminds us of the ability of literature to transform everyday life
With its fantastical, romantic subject matter, luxurious excess and its beloved language – not to mention the nostalgia many ...
The Great Gatsby at 100: this great American novel is a universal meditation on time and change
The fractured sense of time that F. Scott Fitzgerald creates challenges literary convention. It also reflects a world in flux ...
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"The Great Gatsby" turns 100: Initially a sales flop, now regarded as the "great American novel"
Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" at the ... around itself as a modern-day meme, in the form of an animated .GIF depicting Leonardo Dicaprio (playing Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's 2013 film ...
‘The Great Gatsby’ themes of wealth, insecurity and the American Dream endure
As we navigate our own Gilded Age of tech billionaires and growing inequality, Fitzgerald’s masterpiece reminds us that ...