The Great Gatsby 
by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Online resources for English.  The Media Specialists can help you with your research.  We have many more resources available in the Media Center.  Have a question?  Visit us or email us.
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A PDF of Books & Authors "about the book" identifying main characters, setting, subject, and time period.
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A PDF of a Gale Databases article from the "Atlantic" discussing the themes of the book and why it endures.
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A PDF of Books & Authors "about the author" of F. Scott Fitzgerald's biographical information.

 

What's up with that cover?

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Click on the image above to learn more about Francis Cugat's original cover art for the 1st edition.
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Link to MeL Databases. Go to "SIRS Discoverer" search for "jazz age". Always put multi-word search terms in quotes.
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Link to MeL Databases. Go to "eBook Collection". Search for "the great gatsby" literary criticism
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Link to Scappoose High School English Department's website. "The Great Gatsby" is not in the public domain.
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"Studio 360 explores F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 'The Great Gatsby' and finds out how this compact novel became the great American story of our age." Quicktime required.
 

More about F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Click on the image above to view the BBC video "The Great Gatsby: Midnight in Manhattan" which looks at the story’s origins, the roaring 1920s, the dark creative side of F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his interest in writing.