In 1951, a blind 65-year-old man named Max Gerlach was listening to the radio when something jolted him to attention. A guest had come on who had just published a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" at 100 07:21. Dotting the water's edge of Long Island's Manhasset Bay, the opulence of the homes speaks for itself.

Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025.

And I’ve been quoting him ever since. “Gatsby” tells us that the American Dream is elusive — perhaps even a mirage — but it does so in language so gorgeous, it makes that dream irresistible.

Teaching ‘The Great Gatsby,’ after 100 years F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel has spent years on high school reading lists. How are literature professors teaching it today?

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” published 100 years ago this month, is regarded by many scholars and critics as the greatest American novel of the twentieth century. The eloquence ...

Long Island plays an essential role in the legacy of “The Great Gatsby,” serving as the real-world backdrop that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fictional setting. In particular, the affluent ...

A copy of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is displayed June 6, 2013 at Sotheby's in New York. (Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images) The first review of “The Great Gatsby,” published a ...

"The Great Gatsby," the great American novel, turns 100 04:13. When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" at the height of the roaring '20s, he couldn't possibly realize that the book would ...

Dancers Ellie Lehman, left, and Julia Zakharkiv pose with guests celebrating the 100th anniversary of 'The Great Gatsby' at The Empire Steakhouse Thursday, April 10, 2025 in Manhattan, New York.

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 ...