The Great Gatsby is synonymous with parties, glitz and glamour – but this is just one of many misunderstandings about the book that began with its first publication a century ago, in April 1925.

(The original art on the cover of “The Great Gatsby” was a painting commissioned for the book titled, tellingly, “Celestial Eyes.”) The god of the billboard is not the real God, however ...

My answer, predictably enough, is that The Great Gatsby is not simply some chore to be endured at a formative point in education, but one of those rare books that can be appreciated, even loved ...

National Correspondent, "CBS News Sunday Morning" Lee Cowan is an Emmy-award-winning journalist serving as a national correspondent and substitute anchor for "CBS News Sunday Morning." Dotting the ...

How did “Gatsby” grow so great, and why has it endured so long? The answer is high-school English. More than any literary prize or celebrity book club, the school syllabus shapes American reading.

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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 ...