In his new book, the former Hartford Courant columnist does a deep dive into the words, themes, actions and turns of phrase in the novel.

T he Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald is one of those rare books that shouldn’t ever be adapted for the screen. Seriously. But it keeps happening. In 2013, Baz Luhrmann made a version of it in ...

A century on, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s great Jazz Age novel still speaks to what ails America. Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby (1974). Toward the end of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald, consumed ...

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 ...

In the spring of 1940, F. Scott Fitzgerald was worried about “The Great Gatsby.” It had been fifteen years since the novel was published, and the author had little to show for it. “My God I ...

West Hartford writer and teacher Rob Kyff makes no secret of his love for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby.” In his new book, “Gatsby’s Secrets: The Hidden Motifs, Moments ...

West Hartford writer and teacher Rob Kyff makes no secret of his love for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “The Great Gatsby.” In his new book, “Gatsby’s Secrets: The Hidden Motifs, Moments ...