Original Cover of Gatsby
Inspired by Noor’s post, which includes the original cover image of The Great Gatsby, here is a fascinating Smithsonian article on the original art, the a...
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Introductory context to Scott F. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (1925)
To this date, Scott F. Fitzgerald is one of the most, if not, the most famous chronicler of 1920’s America. The “Roaring 20’s” or “The Jazz age” occupy periods ...
Initial Reception of The Great Gatsby
We all know The Great Gatsby as a successful and quintessential American novel, but it was not always perceived as such. The novel received mixed reviews when i...
“Girls Like You”- The Flappers of the 1920s
As we enter the 2020s, we are inadvertently reminded of the “Roaring 20s”- a decade preceding us by exactly a century that was an era of significant economic an...