Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby is the famous American novel, by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The work epitomizes the Jazz Age, the post-World-War-I era fraught with materialism, and reckless behavior. Fitzgerald explores his appreciation of the roaring 20's, while he exposes the undesirable side-effects of such unmitigated freedom.

Here's a vocabulary list from The Great Gatsby. Use these terms for reference, study, and discussion.

The Great Gatsby is the most famous novel by F.Scott Fitzgerald. But, what does it mean? Why is the book so controversial (banned/challenged)? What does the book have to say about the state of society? Here are a few questions for study and discussion, related to The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby is probably F. Scott Fitzgerald's greatest novel--a book that offers damning and insightful views of the American nouveau riche in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby is an American classic and a wonderfully evocative work.

The Great Gatsby (1925) is one of the greatest American classics. The novel was written in Paris by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and it has come to be seen as a representation of the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby relates the story of Jay Gatsby--as told by Nick Carraway. Here are a few quotes from The Great Gatsby.

F. Scott Fitzgerald published The Great Gatsby in 1925. The novel features Jay Gatsby and the narrator, Nick Carraway. Set in the 1920's, The Great Gatsby explores the reality of the American dream in the Jazz Age. Read more about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

The Great Gatsby is usually the novel for which F. Scott Fitzgerald is best remembered. With this and other works, Fitzgerald forged his place in American literature as the chronicler of the Jazz Age of the 1920's.

I recommend the following titles to maintain fluency and reading level and to encourage independent reading. These are a sampling of the titles that often appear on high-school reading lists for 10th grade (or 11th) American literature study.

It's a novel of the Jazz Age--by F. Scott Fitzgerald, great American writer. Here's a summary and overview!