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A 2014 book ... specializing in fancy, fast automobiles. The job put him in contact with New York City’s fashionable denizens. Cars play a major role in “The Great Gatsby” too, both ...
He was from a middle-class family, but the fancy boarding school ... perhaps even books written in the 20th century. The Great Gatsby presented itself as a solution to a number of these problems.
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 ...
In his new book, the former Hartford Courant columnist does a deep dive into the words, themes, actions and turns of phrase ...
“The Great Gatsby ... held fancy “automobile parties” on Long Island before going to prison for bribery and embezzlement. Last year, journalist Mickey Rathbun published a book about ...
Here’s how Calvino defined a classic: “A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.” Yes, that’s right: “The Great Gatsby,” like all great art, is ...