Guide to the classics: The Great Gatsby
- Written by: Sascha Morrell, Lecturer in English, Monash University
Robert Redford played the golden Gatsby in 1974.IMDB
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 masterpiece of the Jazz Age, ushers readers into a corrupt but glittering world of cocktails, fast cars, stolen kisses and broken dreams. Status anxiety and conspicuous consumption generate a dazzling, often surreal poetry as the novel unfolds...