"The Great Gatsby" wasn't a novel of instant success. F. Scott Fitzgerald's book now has sold over 25 copies, but it was only after it was distributed to World War II soldiers that it became popular.

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 ...

But for Goldman, there's still a lot Gatsby has to teach kids about the craft of writing. Students can learn a lot about structure and syntax from Fitzgerald's writing, she said. "It's only 180 pages.

(RNS) — Published 100 years ago Thursday (April 10), “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald continues to be a cautionary tale for our time. While most attention is given — by readers of ...

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 Gatsby Gambit” is a contemporary mystery from Irish writer Claire Anderson-Wheeler. It cleverly utilizes classic characters from F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterwork “The Great Gatsby ...

In “The Great Gatsby”, money plus connections equal immunity. People are defined by how careful or careless they are, and can afford to be, about drinking, driving, marriage, lovers and crimes.

With “The Great Gatsby” finally falling under the public domain, it’s no surprise that it’s become a hot property for musical adaptation. The first of these to land on Broadway has music ...

That not-since-“Carrie” spectacle sums up what goes wrong with the new musical “The Great Gatsby,” with book by Kati Kerrigan and score by composer Jason Howland and lyricist Nathan Tysen.