Guide to the classics: The Great Gatsby
- Written by Sascha Morrell, Lecturer in English, Monash University
Robert Redford played the golden Gatsby in 1974.IMDBThe 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...





