The central character, Jay Gatsby, begins his life in obscure poverty and soon becomes an enigmatic figure surrounded by immense wealth. Audiences have loved The Great Gatsby for almost a hundred ...

There have been four big-screen adaptations made based on "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald since its 1925 release. The first version came out just a year after the book was published and ...

The library is also holding a separate discussion of F. Scott Firzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” on June 12 at noon as part of its “Brown Bag It with a Book” discussion series. newingtonct.gov.

As the Book Review’s A.O. Scott wrote in a recent essay about the book’s centennial: “What we think about Gatsby illuminates what we think about money, race, romance and history.

When F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gatsby" at the height of the roaring '20s, he couldn't possibly realize that the book would emerge as one of the very top contenders for "the great ...