The reality of the Great American Novel is that it puts the country and all its flaws under a microscope and that makes it all the more devourable. Without further ado, we’ve curated a selection ...

Everett gives James the gift of language, and James writes his account of his travels with a stolen pencil stub—one which ...

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Two very different interpretations capture the grandeur, the excess, the carelessness, and the ugliness of Fitzgerald’s great American novel. The real star of the Broadway production is the ...

The Great American Read was an eight-part series with viewer participation to select America’s favorite novel, told through the prism of America’s 100 best-loved novels. It investigated ...

The book has been in the “great American novel” conversation for eight decades, and Friends’ Alayne Hopkins says organisation members are interested in why people never stop talking about it.

And director Marc Bruni doesn’t plan on remounting the same party he’s been hosting on Broadway when The Great Gatsby arrives in the West End.

The book has been in the “great American novel” conversation for eight decades, and Friends’ Alayne Hopkins says they’re interested in why people never stop talking about it. St.