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Those themes pervade “The Great Gatsby,” which takes place on Long Island and nearby New York City. Its main character is Jay Gatsby, a mysterious and aloof young man who is among the newly rich, ...
This Broadway hit is a vacuous attempt to bend Fitzgerald’s masterpiece into a by-the-numbers romantic tragedy – but at least it looks pretty ...
Scott Fitzgerald was worried about “The Great Gatsby.” It had been fifteen years since the novel was published, and the ...
Contributing Writer for The Prospect Cynthia Lee highlights the Spring Street mural commemorating the centennial anniversary ...
The Great Gatsby . . . 100 years old ... enthralled with modernity but uneasy about its consequences. The jazz, the cars, the flapper dresses, and the roaring parties paint a vivid scene, but ...
Fitzgerald lived in a much more modest house just a few miles away when he was writing "The Great Gatsby." The Schietingers, though, believe the author must have visited here. They imagine him ...