The Great Gatsby — 100 years old? How can that be? To borrow the words F. Scott Fitzgerald used to describe New York City in the 1920s, The Great Gatsby possesses "all the iridescence of the ...

The Great Gatsby . . . 100 years old ... Who gets to live the American Dream? What illusions sustain us? And what happens when they shatter? Set in the summer of 1922, on Long Island, and in ...

Before Daisy Buchanan, there was Ginevra King — the debutante who captured Fitzgerald’s heart and helped shape his timeless ...

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 ...

Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby ... A century after its publication, "Gatsby" continues to resonate because it captures something essential about the American experience ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic that fostered the American Dream remains fresh and urgent a century after its appearance ...

But the banners aren't reading the novel carefully enough. For, even as The Great Gatsby tells us the American Dream may be a mirage, it does so in some of the most beautiful language anyone has ...

What really makes “The Great Gatsby” one of the Great American Novels is how it explores the hopelessness and unattainability of the American Dream, at least for the majority. The book ...