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“In American writing, there are three perfect books, which seem to speak to every reader and condition:
Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, and The Catcher In The Rye.”
— Adam Gopnik, in The New Yorker, February 2010
The Book
"The Great Gatsby"
by F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940]
published by Charles Scribner's Sons on 10 April 1925
"The Great Gatsby" entry at Wikipedia
chosen for Encyclopædia Britannica's 'The Great Books of The Western World' [1952 & 1990]
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History & Criticism
 | "The Great Gatsby Critical Study Guide" [1985] by Kathleen Parkinson Kindle Edition from Penguin [1988 edition] for $7.10 Penguin UK 8x5 pb [10/88] for $9.08 Penguin pb [10/88] out of print/used |
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"Understanding The Great Gatsby: A Student Casebook To Issues, Sources, and Historical Documents" [Greenwood Press 1998] by Dalton Gross
"F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby (Columbia Critical Guides)" [Columbia Univ Press, 1997] Edited by Nicolas Tredell ISBN 9780231115353
 | "Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and The Invention of The Great Gatsby" [2014] by Sarah Churchwell Kindle Edition from Penguin Press [1/2014] for $7.99 Penguin Books 8½x5½ pb [1/2015] for $13.60 Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [1/2014] for $22.59 Penguin Press hardcover [1/2014] out of print/used Penguin Press hardcover [1/2014] out of print/used |
 | "F. Scott Fitzgerald's Fiction: An Almost Theatrical Innocence" [2014] by John T. Irwin Kindle Edition from Johns Hopkins Univ Press [2/2014] for $27.99 {sic} Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [2/2014] for $35.38 |
 | "So We Read On: How The Great Gatsby Came to Be and Why It Endures" [2014] by Maureen Corrigan Kindle Edition from Little, Brown/Hachette [9/2014] for $12.99 Back Bay Books 8¼x5½ pb [5/2015] for $10.84 Little, Brown & Co. 8½x6 hardcover [9/2014] for $19.17 |
Historical Details
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The Long Island mansion of wealthy sculptor Charles Cary Rumsey and his wife railroad heiress Mary Harriman Rumsey is said to have inspired Scott Fitzgerald in many elements of "The Great Gatsby" novel. The lovely house stands on 5¼ acres in Sands Point, New York overlooking Long Island Sound; it has recently been restored and was put up for sale in August 2017 for $16.8M. However, news coverage states that the 13-bedroom mansion was designed and built in 1928 by famous architects McKim, Mead & White – Fitzgerald did indeed spend a good deal of time with Rumsey and her family, but it was several years after publication of "The Great Gatsby".
"Trimalchio"
"Trimalchio" and "Trimalchio In West Egg" were among Fitzgerald's working titles for the 'Gatsby' novel. Chapter seven of 'Gatsby' begins "It was when curiosity about
Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on one Saturday night – and, as obscurely as it began, his career as Trimalchio was over."
 | "Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby" [2000] by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edited & with Introduction by James L.W. West III "[Fitzgerald] produced 18,000 {?} words; most of this material was later discarded, but he salvaged the short story "Absolution" (published in June 1924)." Kindle Edition from Scribner/Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [2/2014] for $9.99 Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [7/2002] for $48.17 Cambridge Univ Press hardcover [4/2000] out of print/used |
 | "Trimalchio: Galley Proofs Facsimile Edition" [1924 & 2000] Edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli Univ South Carolina Press unbound box set [4/2000] for $75.00 |
The Author
Spirit of America Bookstore's
F. Scott Fitzgerald [1896-1940] Page
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F. Scott Fitzgerald entry at Wikipedia
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's credits [since 1920] at Internet Movie Database
F. Scott Fitzgerald's credits at Internet Broadway Database
F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotations Page at Working Minds
Spirit of America Bookstore's "The Last Tycoon" 1941/1993 Novel & Movies Page
Movies & Television
"The [Gatsby] book is too intricate, too subtle, too tender for the movies." — David Denby, New Yorker Magazine critic
character 'Jay Gatsby' credits at Internet Movie Database
"The Great Gatsby" silent feature film
[Famous Players-Lasky/Paramount Nov 1926]
 | 80-minute silent feature film with an emphasis on the party scenes and the scandalous events (rather than character). Directed by Herbert Brenon; adapted by Elizabeth Meehan & Becky Gardiner from the Broadway stageplay; starring Warner Baxter, Lois Wilson, Neil Hamilton, Georgia Hale, William Powell & Hale Hamilton
{this film is considered lost} • credits at IMDb • 1926 movie entry at Wikipedia watch official 1926 trailer with piano [5/2012 upload; 1:01] at YouTube |
"The Great Gatsby" feature film [Paramount July 1949]
 | 91-minute b&w sound feature film directed by Elliott Nugent; adapted by Cyril Hume & producer Richard Maibaum from the 1926 Owen Davis stageplay; starring Alan Ladd, Betty Field, Macdonald Carey, Barry Sullivan, Ruth Hussey, Howard Da Silva, Shelley Winters, Henry Hull, Ed Begley & Elisha Cook Jr.
Sky Chrome Media b&w DVD [2003] for $14.99 Universal Home Video b&w DVD [2002] out of prodn/scarce full credits at IMDb • 1949 movie entry at Wikipedia |
"The Great Gatsby" episode [NBC-TV May 1955] of the "Robert Montgomery Presents" TV series [1950-57]
Produced & hosted by and starring Robert Montgomery; adapted by Alvin Sapinsley; also starring Lee Bowman {as Nick},
Phyllis Kirk {as Daisy}, John Newland, Gena Rowlands & Frederick Worlock •
credits at IMDb
"The Great Gatsby" live episode [CBS-TV June 1958] of the "Playhouse 90" TV series
Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner; adapted by David Shaw; hosted by Rod Serling; starring Robert Ryan {as Jay Gatsby}, Jeanne Crain {as Daisy},
Rod Taylor {as Nick}, Phillip Reed, Barry Atwater, Val Avery, Patricia Barry, Virginia Grey, Doris Lloyd & Eugenia Paul •
credits at IMDb
Fitzgerald’s daughter was sufficiently appalled by these movies that she banned further remakes;
the ban was lifted before her death in 1986.
"The Great Gatsby" [1974] /tt0071577/
screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola; starring Robert Redford & Mia Farrow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV1KGghv5ck 1974 [3:44]
 | Cover Story "Ready or Not, Here Comes Gatsby" in the 18 March 1974 issue of TIME Magazine read article online {pay-wall requires signup} |
"The Great Gatsby" episode [Sept 1997] of the "Great Books" TV series on The Learning Channel
Hour-long series produced by Walter Cronkite, narrated by Donald Sutherland •
bare episode credits at IMDb
Discovery School 60-minute color DVD [9/2005] out of prodn/used
Discovery School 26-minute color VHS [undated] out of prodn/scarce
"The Great Gatsby" TV movie
[BBC-TV March 2000, A&E USA Jan 2001]
 | 90-minute color TV movie filmed in Canada; stock broker Nick Carraway consents to act as go-between to his unhappily-married cousin Daisy Buchanen for her former love, the wealthy and mysterious Jay Gatsby. Directed by Robert Markowitz; teleplay by John J. McLaughlin; starring Mira Sorvino {as Daisy}, Toby Stephens {as Gatsby}, Paul Rudd {as Nick}, Martin Donovan, Francie Swift, Heather Goldenhersh, Matt Malloy, William Camp, Richard Jutras, Jerry Grayson, Janine Theriault, Alexander Bisping, Martin Kevan & Claudia Besso
A&E Home Video color DVD [1/2001] for $5.99 A&E Home Video color DVD [7/2012] for $6.59 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $24.57 • 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $16.48 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Entourage" TV series [H.B.O. 2004-2011]
In November 2008 (Season 5), main character Vince almost gets a part as Nick Carraway in a modern adaptation
of "The Great Gatsby" by Martin Scorsese set in New York City's Upper West Side • episode credits at IMDb
"The Great Gatsby" in 3-D [Columbia Pictures May 2013]
  | Columbia Pictures announced 12/2008 their purchase of film adaptation rights; added 9/2012: citing the crowded December schedule, Columbia bumped the release date to August 2013, then to May Co-produced, co-written & directed by Baz Luhrmann; co-written by Craig Pearce; starring Leonardo DiCaprio {as Jay Gatsby}, Tobey Maguire {as Nick Carraway} & Carey Mulligan {as Daisy Buchanan}, with Joel Edgerton {as Tom}, Isla Fisher, Callan McAuliffe DVD/Blu-ray not yet available full credits at IMDb • official movie site • 2013 movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailers at YouTube: 5/2012 trailer [2:23] • 12/2012 U.K. trailer #2 [2:18] 27"x40" major cast movie poster from Amazon for $16.48 |
Stageplays, Other Media
F. Scott Fitzgerald credits at Internet Broadway Database
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"The Great Gatsby" Broadway play [Feb-May 1926]
Adapted by Owen Davis, directed by George Cukor; starring Elliot Cabot, Florence Eldridge, James Rennie & Edward H. Wever
play credits at IBDb
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"The Great Gatsby" opera [1999]
  | The Metropolitan Opera in New York City commissioned the work in honor of music director James Levine's 25th anniversary with the company. The opera was composed by Pulitzer Prize-winner John Harbison; Levine conducted the world premiere in December 1999; reviewers complained that the work was dull & boring, but the opera was staged at The Met 12 times in two years. The opera has also been produced at Lyric Opera of Chicago (2000), Yerba Buena Center for The Arts in San Francisco (2012), and Aspen Music Festival (2012). • opera entry at Wikipedia
Metropolitan Opera Exclusive 162-minute audio CD [2000] for $21.00 Cast recording conducted by James Levine; with tenor Jerry Hadley as Jay Gatsby, soprano Dawn Upshaw as Daisy Buchanan, tenor Mark W. Baker as Tom Buchanan, and baritone Dwayne Croft as Nick Carraway watch 'Oxford' excerpt from Act II [9:51] at YouTube |
 | "The Great Gatsby: The Opera Libretto" [1999] by John Harbison
G. Schirmer Collection 10x 6½ pb [5/99] for $6.26 "Gatsby Songs: Fourteen Songs From The Opera" [1999] |
"The Great Gatsby" ballet [2004]
 | The 1920s-style ballet "The Great Gatsby was first performed by Charleston [SC] Ballet Theatre Center; written & choreographed by Jill Eathorne Bahr |
"F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby"
authorized stageplay [2006]
  | Adapted by Simon Levy and authorized by the Fitzgerald Estate; world premiere in July 2006 at The Guthrie Theater [est. 1963] in Minneapolis, Minnesota; has since been produced at Seattle Repertory Theatre, at Arizona Theatre Company (2012), the Prime Stage Theatre in Pittsburgh (2013), and at the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario, Canada; the recent national tour ran thru 2014 & 2015.
official stageplay website • author's official website watch 2/2013 official Prime Stage Theatre promo [1:03] at YouTube 54-page Dramatists Play Service 7¾x5¼ playscript pb [4/2013] for $9.00 |
"The Great Gatsby" ballet [2010]
The Washington Ballet premiered a version in 2010 at the Kennedy Center, with an encore run the following year.
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"Gatz" stage performance [Oct 2010]
 | award-winning Off-Broadway production by ensemble Elevator Repair Service eight hours long (with breaks), cast of 13 actors, directed by John Collins watch clips/trailer video [0:53] at Vimeo show page at Elevator Repair Service official website |
"The Great Gatsby Musical" stageplay [London 2012 & 2013]
 | A Ruby In The Dust production; opened at the Kings Head Theatre (Islington) in London in 2012; adapted by Joe Evans & Linnie Reedman with music & lyrics by Joe Evans, directed by Linnie Reedman, with Matilda Sturridge as Daisy Buchanan. The production transferred to the Riverside Studios {Hammersmith) in 2013 with the music orchestrated by Chris Walker and musical staging by choreographer Lee Proud.
watch 2012 slide show promo with music [1:44] at YouTube |
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"the great gatsby" ballet [U.K. 2013]
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The Northern Ballet Company [est. 1969] premiered a version of "The Great Gatsby" with scenario and choreography and direction by David Nixon, musical score by Richard Rodney Bennett, and set designs by Jerome Kaplan. The production was performed at the Leeds Grand Theatre [built 1878] in Leeds, West Yorkshire in 2013 and will encore there in Autumn 2014. |
"The Great Gatsby Project" performance [Russia 2014]
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The Gatsby Ballet Project designed a combination ballet and contemporary dance and cinema show that premiered in St. Petersburg, Russia in October 2014, followed by performances in Berlin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hamburg, Kiev, Minsk, Vienna, Vilnius, and other major cities. The show was produced by Alyona Matvienko, choreographed by American Dwight Rhoden, composed by Konstantin Meladze, with principal dancer Denis Matvienko.
watch 10/2015 official promo video [4:59] online at YouTube |
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"The Great Gatsby" radio reading [BBC World Service Oct 2008]
an abridged 10-part reading of the story, read from the viewpoint of Nick Carraway by Trevor White
"The Great Gatsby" radio dramatisation [BBC Radio 4 May 2012]
adaptation by Robert Forrest
"The Great Gatsby" video game [2011]
www.GreatGatsbyGame.com
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 | "Great" [grades 9 & up; 2014 novel] by Sara Benincasa A modern-day young adult fiction retelling of The Great Gatsby with a female Gatsby named Jacinta Trimalchio Kindle Edition from HarperTeen [4/2014] for $7.49 HarperTeen 8¼x5½ hardcover [4/2014] for $15.87 |
 | "The Great Landzman: Three Times The King" [2015] by Thomas G. Jewusiak "A Comedy-Parody in the Novel Form Recounting the Incredible True Story of the Man Called Gatsby: as related by those who knew him personally, reported faithfully by his grandson" Kindle Edition from Landcaster Press [1/2016] for $9.99 Landcaster Press 9x6 pb [12/2015] for $23.99 Landcaster Press 9x6 hardcover [12/2015] for $36.99 |
Image Gallery
 cover of 1925 first edition of "The Great Gatsby" by artist Francis_Cugat [1893-1981] |
 red & yellow on black educational poster for "The Great Gatsby" |
 cover for Wordsworth edition of "The Great Gatsby" novel |
yellow cover for "The Great Gatsby" novel |
 green cover for "The Great Gatsby" novel |
 cloche hat cover for "The Great Gatsby" novel |
 "The Great Gatsby" (white postcard) |
32¢ U.S. postage stamp "The Gatsby Style", 1998 |
L i n k s
"The Great Gatsby" entry at Wikipedia
'Great Gatsby' posters at AllPosters.com
"The Great Gatsby" fansite [est. 2012]
Australian "The Great Gatsby" fansite [est. 2012]
Great Gatsby Festival [Aug 2014 = #29] around South Lake Tahoe, California
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