Week #29 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Week #29 – The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1925

Set in the Jazz Age [1920s] on Long Island near New York City, the novel describes narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with millionaire Jay Gatsby, and Gatsby's obsession with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.

Previous proposed titles: Among Ash Heaps and Millionaires; Trimalchio; Trimalchio in West Egg; On the Road to West Egg; Under the Red, White, and Blue; The Gold-Hatted Gatsby; and The High-Bouncing Lover.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Gatsby

It was made into several movies for television and screen, the most recent were in 1974 with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow, and 2013 with Leonardo DeCaprio and Carey Mulligan

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071577/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343092/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

The Jazz Age

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Age

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/monkeytrial-jazz-age/

Fashion in the Jazz Age

https://www.wardrobeshop.com/blogs/flapper-era/how-jazz-influenced-fashion-in-the-1920s

Have you read The Great Gatsby? Tell us about it in the comments!