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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 American ...
'The Great Gatsby' musical explores wealth, love and the American dream
Entertainment 'The Great Gatsby' musical explores wealth, love and the American dream. April 17, 2025. The latest incarnation ...
'The Great Gatsby': The Great American Novel turns 100. Why it is still great
Each year, 100 years after its publication this month in April 1925, “The Great Gatsby” sells around half a million copies, ...
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The real ‘Great Gatsby’: Meet the men who likely inspired the infamous novel
saw themselves in Gatsby and his doomed pursuit of the American dream. Here, Fitzgerald is pictured with wife Zelda and daughter Scottie. Getty Images Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby ...
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‘The Great Gatsby’ turns 100: Fitzgerald’s classic still speaks to American values
One hundred years ago, a young midwesterner-turned-Ivy-Leaguer enlisted in the military during World War I, hoping to die in ...
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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America
Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound ...
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Not as advertised: The false god in 'The Great Gatsby'
(RNS) — Published 100 years ago Thursday (April 10), “The Great Gatsby ... the memes, the viral posts, the talking heads, the political idolatry, the American Dream and all that is of ...
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Dazzling tragedy of The Great Gatsby still stalks the American imagination
On Friday night the tower lights of the Empire State Building turn green in elegant tribute to The Great Gatsby ... mythologies of whatever the “American dream” is supposed to be.
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'The Great Gatsby': The Great American Novel turns 100. Why it is still great
The novel's enduring appeal lies in its exploration of the American Dream's allure and its often unattainable nature for most individuals. "The Great Gatsby" portrays the stark contrast between ...
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'The Great Gatsby' at 100: Long Island's Gold Coast is backdrop for Fitzgerald's classic American novel
On or about May 13, 2013, "Gatsby" became a meme ... "The Great Gatsby," a century old this month, packs a lot into its 180 pages: love, death, money and the American dream, unfolding primarily ...