Gatsby’s lavish parties and obsessive pursuit of love mirror Fitzgerald’s real-life struggle with class, insecurity and the painful gap between who he was and who he hoped to become Decades after ...

In 1951, a blind 65-year-old man named Max Gerlach was listening to the radio when something jolted him to attention. A guest had come on who had just published a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald — ...

First published in 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel “The Great Gatsby” has been transformed into a compelling biography and cultural history. I’m not sure any other character in ...

The book by F. Scott Fitzgerald is the subject of exhibitions in New York, Minnesota, New Jersey and South Carolina. By Megan McCrea Reporting from Great Neck, N.Y. This article is part of our Museums ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” published 100 years ago this month, is regarded by many scholars and critics as the greatest American novel of the twentieth century. The eloquence of its ...

The NPG's Warren Perry discusses a 1935 portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald, by artist David Silvette. It was F. Scott Fitzgerald who named the self-indulgent 1920s the Jazz Age, and his best-selling ...