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Finger Waves & Kiss Curls Are Fueling A ’20s Hair Revival
The resurgence of flapper hair is here, as finger waves and kiss curls are bringing retro flair to this season's biggest trends.
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How “The Great Gatsby” Took Over High School
In the spring of 1940, F. Scott Fitzgerald was worried about “The Great Gatsby.” It had been fifteen years since the novel was published, and the author had little to show for it.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby" at 100
Fitzgerald lived in a much more modest house just a few miles away when he was writing "The Great Gatsby." The Schietingers, though, believe the author must have visited here. They imagine him ...
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The real ‘Great Gatsby’: Meet the men who likely inspired the infamous novel
“I’m the real Jay Gatsby,” he declared. “The Great Gatsby” is celebrating its 100th anniversary this month. At the time, no one paid Gerlach — a former car mechanic who had fallen on ...
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Will There Ever Be Another “Great Gatsby”?
Robert Redford in The Great Gatsby (1974). Toward the end of his life, F. Scott Fitzgerald, consumed by thoughts of inadequacy and convinced he was a “has-been,” wrote to his editor Max ...
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PHOTOS: New Yorkers celebrate the 100th anniversary of ‘The Great Gatsby’
New Yorkers celebrate the 100th anniversary of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Jazz Age classic, 'The Great Gatsby.' Dancers Ellie Lehman, left, and Julia Zakharkiv pose with guests celebrating the 100th ...
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"The Great Gatsby" turns 100: Initially a sales flop, now regarded as the "great American novel"
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 ...
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Celebrating 100 years of The Great Gatsby, 'the greatest novel in the English language'
The Great Gatsby was not a first-time hit. When it was published by Scribner’s in 1925, it was generally reviewed positively but often with the caveat that it wasn’t as successful a portrait of the ...
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‘The Great Gatsby’ is a classic. But a century ago, it flopped.
F. Scott Fitzgerald would be flabbergasted to hear that on the 100th anniversary of its publication, “The Great Gatsby” is being celebrated around the world. Fitzgerald knew that he had ...
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The Great Gatsby at 100: this great American novel is a universal meditation on time and change
In 2025 the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society will hold its 17th biannual international conference from 22-28 June in New York City: A Fitzgerald Centennial: The Great Gatsby, New York, and New ...
The Clarion-Ledger2mon
'The Great Gatsby': The Great American Novel turns 100. Why it is still great
F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel "The Great Gatsby" has become a literary classic, selling half a million copies annually, despite its initial lack of success. The novel's enduring appeal lies in its ...