Not only did he know Fitzgerald, he said, but he inspired his masterpiece.  “I’m the real Jay Gatsby,” he declared. At the time, no one paid Gerlach — a former car mechanic who had fallen on hard ...

A century after its publication, the novel’s glory and brutality persist in the national psyche.

In honor of the 100th birthday of The Great Gatsby, throw a party worthy of this great party novel, movie, and musical.

In his research on Gatsby, Tom discovers that it was Meyer Wolfsheim who was selling grain alcohol to drug stores over the counter. Gatsby comes from essentially nothing, and when he meets Daisy ...

A key change in Gatsby's lifestyle is that he no longer hosts extravagant parties. A new group of servants, recommended by Wolfsheim, replaces all his previous ones. He has turned his home into an ...

John Keats wrote in his poem “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” that when he encountered George Chapman’s translation of ...

For those also decades away from their own high school English class, it might be helpful to offer the briefest of refreshers here.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic has had a lasting cultural impact on Long Island, from its historical inspirations to its ...

Rehearsal photos have been released of the West End cast of The Great Gatsby. Thenew musical adaptation of F. Scott ...

As an example, there is a station in the old Southern Club Escape tunnel at the Wax Museum because of Meyer Wolfsheim in the novel and the "club" that Meyer and Gatsby take Nick to. A second ...

"Highballs?" asks the head waiter at a restaurant Gatsby visits with gangster Meyer Wolfsheim. (A scotch and soda is an archetypal version of the cocktail.) "'Yes, highballs,' agreed Gatsby." ...