This year, “The Great Gatsby” turns 100.
A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, tells the story of how an overlooked book by a 28-year-old author eventually became the great American novel, and explores why all of these decades later, we still see ourselves in its pages.
Jul 17
The President, His Plane and the Press
Last Friday night, F.B.I. agents showed up at the homes of several New York Times journalists and summoned them to testify before a grand jury. The move was a response by the Trump administration to an article about the safety of the new Air Force One. Tyler Pager, one of the jou ... Show More
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Nov 2025
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1925)
Tonight, we traverse the gilded edges and shadowed corners of a fabled 1920s landscape, where ambition and illusion collide beneath starlit extravagance. Envelop ourselves in the lush prose, as we drift through the opulent yet dimming dreams of Jay Gatsby, a man whose heart is et ... Show More
20m 5s
<p class="p1">Today, we will discuss the famous book <strong><em>The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald</em></strong>. This story takes us to the 1920s, a time of jazz music, big parties, and fancy clothes in the United States.</p> <p class="p1"><strong><em>The Great Gatsby</em> ... Show More