F. Scott Fitzgerald

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100 years later, 'The Great Gatsby' still speaks to the troubled dream of America

2:43pm April 08, 2025

Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025.

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When F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby in 1925, it didn't sell many copies. Now it's sold nearly 30 million.

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Opinion: 'The Great Gatsby' Enters Public Domain But It Already Entered Our Hearts

2:09pm January 02, 2021

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The literary classic's copyright expired on the first day of 2021.

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