Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald Turns 100

NEW YORK.– The summer season is coming in the United States, and with it a classic: the white linen suit for men. But this year, more than ever, the return is with glory. One hundred years after the publication of The Great Gatsby and, among the multiple cultural tributes generated by the anniversary, fashion could not be left out. From the parades in London to the capsule collections in New York, everything points to this look, associated with …

A little more than a week later, in April 1925, Francis Scott Fitzgerald had breakfast every morning with reviews between dubitatives and condemnatory (some praise also there was) of 'The Great Gatsby'. The then brand new and now centennial book had begun selling well; but soon its author (and its publisher, the great Maxwell Perkins ) understood that it was not going to be the great success they anticipated. And that – in addition, the sadst an…

Velshi Banned Book Club: ‘The Great Gatsby’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald Turns 100

100 years after its original publication, “The Great Gatsby” continues to inspire reimaginings, including from author Claire Anderson Wheeler (new novel: “The Gatsby Gambit”) and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Martyna Majok, (new musical “Gatsby: An American Myth”). Ultimately, the novel is a condemnation of greed and the upper class, an examination of the fallacy of the American dream, and, in Fitzgerald’s own words, a story of “aspiration”.…

The Great Gatsby was released on April 10, 1925. The novel had been written at least five years earlier. Its inception was surrounded by the emergence of a multitude of technological innovations.

‘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 battle. He instead survived and met a woman who would marry him once he became financially successful, though he found himself out of place with the upper-class society he worked his way into. Scott Fitzgerald hoped to express these dissatisfactions through “The Great Gatsby.” Published on April 10, 1925 — one hundred year…