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The Great Gatsby at 100: the Jazz Age novel that helps explain Trump’s America

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, a top contender for the title of Great American Novel, turns 100 on April 10.

The Conversation

Gatsby by Jane Crowther; The Gatsby Gambit by Claire Anderson-Wheeler – Jay’s eternal hold

Two enjoyable debut novels put fresh meat on Fitzgerald’s deathless classic – one a modern-day retelling in which Gatsby becomes a female influencer, another a pacy murder mystery in the vein of Agatha Christie

The Guardian - UK

25 books that should have never been made into movies

It's a wonder Hollywood even bothered adapting these novels, writes Jacob Stolworthy and Adam White

The Independent UK

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The best closing lines from books - from poignant final passages to chilling closing sentences

These brilliant closing lines will stay with you long after you put the book down

Woman & Home

Horror, satire, tawdry wealth and postcolonial critique: 5 classics to catch up on this summer

I’ve dedicated my professional life to reading and teaching the English classics. The crucial thing about classics is that they start as cutting-edge literary experiments.

The Conversation

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review – warm and winsome musical tugs at the heartstrings

Relocating the F Scott Fitzgerald story to a Cornish fishing village, this is a vivacious yet touching show

The Guardian - UK

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button at Ambassadors Theatre review: Forget Brad Pitt’s film — this is the version to treasure

4/5 This oddball, charming musical is a stirring folkie adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald’s short story about a man who lives his life in reverse

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William Boyd: ‘Fantasy is a genre that I cannot abide any more’

The novelist on why he can’t read JRR Tolkien anymore, being hooked on Muriel Spark and obsessed with James Joyce

The Guardian - UK

Propelled by tech money, the menace of race science is back – and it’s just as nonsensical as ever

Once thought extinct after the fall of empire, this debunked practice has re-emerged with support from rogue experts and rich backers, says geneticist Adam Rutherford

The Guardian - UK

Gatsby’s Long Island: From Manhattan to the Hamptons – discovering the places that inspired F Scott Fitzgerald

Ahead of 100th anniversary ‘The Great Gatsby’ in 2025, Ellie Seymour travels east from Manhattan to the Hamptons, discovering the places that inspired the great American novel

The Independent UK

The Perfect Couple: a cocktail of Succession, The White Lotus and Agatha Christie that ultimately fails to deliver

“Nantucket!” exclaims Ishmael, the narrator of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick (1851). “Look at it – a mere hillock, and elbow of sand; all beach, without a background.”

The Conversation

‘Don’t judge a book by its cover’: 15 of the most iconic book covers

From ‘The Great Gatsby’ to ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’, Finn Cliff Hodges looks at the best covers out there

The Independent UK

The 32 greatest time travel movies

You don't need a DeLorean to revisit these time travel gems

GamesRadar

The world’s best hotel tennis courts – from playing among Arizona’s red rocks to practising on Italian cliffs

Admire the views while you’re waiting to serve at one of these inspiring places to play tennis

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Hemingway and Monroe's beloved French Riviera hotel to reopen after 50 years as high end homes

Hôtel Provençal opened in 1927 and quickly became a magnet for the rich and famous in the Jazz Age, with F. Scott Fitzgerald, Coco Chanel and Winston Churchill all having visited

The Guardian - US

The Great Gatsby review – a literary classic becomes a Broadway dud

F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel makes an underwhelming transfer to the stage in a bombastic yet misfiring new production

The Guardian - UK

Rediscovered: the long-lost script that helped The Great Gatsby become a classic

F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel was a flop until a 1926 staging became a Broadway smash

The Guardian - UK

How We Break: Navigating the Wear and Tear of Living by Vincent Deary review – the ways in which we’re undone

The psychologist and researcher’s persuasive inquiry into how life’s struggles take their toll is full of hard-won wisdom

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24 of the best-selling novels of all time to read in 2024

Increase your cultural capital and expand your worldview

The Independent UK

The Savoy hotel review: Expect to be treated like royalty at London’s iconic Grande Dame (for a price)

The capital’s first ever luxury hotel still offers unbeatable service for a once-in-lifetime stay, finds Joanna Whitehead

The Independent UK

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’s prized book and music collection ensnared for thousands

After decades of being under Charlie Watts’s thumb, prized works belonging to the late Rolling Stones drummer have now been placed under the hammer at a London auction.

The Conversation

Why have you read 'The Great Gatsby' but not Ursula Parrott’s 'Ex-Wife'?

In 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald published “The Great Gatsby.” Four years later, Ursula Parrott published her first novel, “Ex-Wife.”

The Hindu

Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts | Behold the ultimate English gentleman

Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts’ personal collections go under the hammer in September, revealing some quirks and that his heart always belonged to jazz

The Guardian - UK

Charlie Watts’ book collection to be sold at Christie’s

Rare books owned by the Rolling Stones drummer – including first editions of The Great Gatsby and The Hound of the Baskervilles – will be auctioned this autumn

The Guardian - UK