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==Suggestions for Further Reading==

===Alternate versions of The Great Gatsby===

*The [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/q?author=redford&title=Great+Gatsby '''movie'''] starring Robert Redford & Mia Farrow

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?SEARCH=t:great+gatsby&SORT=D&m=i&m=z '''Audio book'''] on CD or cassette

*En Español: [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gran+gatsby '''El Gran Gatsby'''] [traducción: Julia Martin]

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?trimalchio+an+early+version+of+the+great+gatsby '''Trimalchio: an early version of The Great Gatsby''']

===Adaptations or retellings===

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?jake+reinvented+by+Gordon+korman '''Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Korman''']
:Set in an American High School with teenage characters. 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?black+money '''Black Money'''] by Ross Macdonald.
:A retelling in 1960's California.

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?double+bind+bohjalian '''The Double Bind'''] by Chris Bohjalian
:Features events and characters from the novel as historical background.

===Literary Criticism / About the novel===

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?twentieth+century+interpretations+of+the+great+gatsby  '''Twentieth Century Interpretations of The Great Gatsby''']: a collection of critical essays edited by Ernest H. Lockridge.

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?great+gatsby+the+limits+of+wonder '''The Great Gatsby: the limits of wonder'''] by Richard Lehan.

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?readings+on+the+great+gatsby '''Readings on The Great Gatsby'''] ed. by Katie de Koster

  '''Did You Know?''' -- Fitzgerald originally entitled the book Trimalchio in West Egg,
  after a character in the [[wp:Satyricon|Satyricon]] by Petronius. The character is a wealthy man known 
  for throwing lavish dinner parties.

==Scott and Zelda==

===Other novels and stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald===

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?taps+at+reveille '''Taps at Reveille''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?babylon+revisited+and+other+stories '''Babylon Revisited, and other stories''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gran+gatsby '''The Beautiful and Damned''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?tender+is+the+night '''Tender is the Night''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?this+side+of+paradise '''This Side of Paradise''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?best+early+stories+of+f+scott+fitzgerald '''The Best Early Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald'''] edited by Bryant Mangum

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?six+tales+of+the+jazz+age '''Six Tales of the Jazz Age''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?basil+and+josephine+stories '''The Basil and Josephine Stories''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?stories+of+f+scott+fitzgerald '''The Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?essential+fitzgerald '''Essential Fitzgerald''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?afternoon+of+an+author '''Afternoon of an Author''']: a selection of uncollected stories and essays

===The lives of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald===

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?notebooks+of+f+scott+fitzgerald '''The Notebooks of F. Scott Fitzgerald''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?letters+of+f+scott+fitzgerald '''The Letters of F. Scott Fitzgerald''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?correspondence+of+f+scott+fitzgerald '''The Correspondence of F. Scott Fitzgerald''']

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?save+me+the+waltz '''Save Me the Waltz'''] [an autobiographical novel] by Zelda Fitzgerald

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?invented+lives+fitzgerald '''Invented Lives''']: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald by James R. Mellow

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?zelda+a+biography '''Zelda, a biography'''] by Nancy Mitford

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?crack-up '''The Crack-up'''] {by} F. Scott Fitzgerald, with other uncollected pieces, note-books, and unpublished letters, together with letters to Fitzgerald from Gertrude Stein, Edith Wharton, T.S. Eliot, Thomas Wolfe and John Dos Passos, and essays and poems

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?beloved+infidel '''Beloved Infidel''']: the education of a woman by Sheilah Graham and Gerold Frank 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?far+side+of+paradise '''The Far Side of Paradise''']: a biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Arthur Mizener

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?some+sort+of+epic+grandeur '''Some Sort of Epic Grandeur''']: the life of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Matthew Bruccoli

 '''Did You Know?''' -- Fitzgerald was friends with [[wp:Ernest Hemingway|Ernest Hemingway]], and Scott makes
  an appearance in Hemingway's [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?moveable+feast '''A Moveable Feast'''], a collection of anecdotes about expatriate
  life in 1920's Paris.

==What Else Were They Reading in the 1920's?==

===Some bestsellers of the time===

'''1920'''   [[wp:Zane Grey|Zane Grey]], The Man of the Forest

'''1921'''   [[wp:Sinclair Lewis|Sinclair Lewis]], [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?main+street+sinclair '''Main Street''']

'''1924'''   [[wp:Edna Ferber|Edna Ferber]], [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?so+big '''So Big''']

'''1925'''   [[wp:Anita Loos|Anita Loos]], [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gentlemen+prefer+blondes '''Gentlemen Prefer Blondes''']

'''1926'''   John Erskine,  '''The Private Life of Helen of Troy'''

'''1927'''   [[wp:Sinclair Lewis|Sinclair Lewis]], [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?elmer+gantry '''Elmer Gantry''']

'''1928'''   [[wp:Thornton Wilder|Thornton Wilder]], [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bridge+of+san+luis+rey  '''The Bridge of San Luis Rey''']

'''1929'''   [[wp:Erich Maria Remarque|Erich Maria Remarque]],  [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?all+quiet+on+the+western+front '''All Quiet on the Western Front''']

==="The Lost Generation" & other literary voices===

[[wp:Ernest Hemingway|Ernest Hemingway]] (try [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?sun+also+rises '''The Sun Also Rises'''] - 1926)

[[wp:John dos Passos|John dos Passos]] (try *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?manhattan+transfer '''Manhattan Transfer'''] - 1925)

[[wp:Sherwood Anderson|Sherwood Anderson]]

[[wp:T. S. Eliot|T. S. Eliot]]

[[wp:Dashiell Hammet|Dashiell Hammet]]

[[wp:Langston Hughes|Langston Hughes]]

[[wp:Zora Neale Hurston|Zora Neale Hurston]]

[[wp:Dorothy Parker|Dorothy Parker]]

[[wp:Damon Runyon|Damon Runyon]]

[[wp:Thomas Wolfe|Thomas Wolfe]]

[[wp:Virginia Woolf|Virginia Woolf]]

===High Society, at home and abroad===

[[wp:Ludwig Bemelmans|Ludwig Bemelmans]], [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?hotel+bemelmans '''Hotel Bemelmans''']

[[wp:John O'Hara|John O'Hara]] (try [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?appointment+in+samarra '''Appointment in Samarra'''])

[[wp:Booth Tarkington|Booth Tarkington]]

[[wp:Evelyn Waugh|Evelyn Waugh]]

[[wp:Edith Wharton|Edith Wharton]] (try [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?twilight+sleep '''Twilight Sleep'''])

[[wp:P. G. Wodehouse|P. G. Wodehouse]]

 '''Did You Know?''' -- Dan Cody, Gatsby's mentor, owns the yacht named Tuolomee -- it was
  probably named after the gold fields in northern California.

==Historical fiction set in the Jazz Age==

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?auntie+mame '''Auntie Mame'''] by Patrick Dennis 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bandbox '''Bandbox'''] by Thomas Mallon

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?blue+bottle+club '''Blue Bottle Club'''] by Penelope Stokes

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?carter+beats+the+devil '''Carter Beats the Devil'''] by Glen Gold 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?daisy+dalrymple+mystery '''Daisy Dalrymple'''] series by Carola Dunn 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?dandelion+wine '''Dandelion Wine'''] by Ray Bradbury

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?free+love+meyers '''Free Love'''] by Annette Meyers

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?gatsby's+girl '''Gatsby's Girl'''] by Caroline Preston

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?jazz+morrison '''Jazz'''] by Toni Morrison

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?legs+kennedy '''Legs'''] by William Kennedy

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?oh+play+that+thing '''Oh, Play That Thing'''] by Roddy Doyle

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?place+called+rainwater '''A Place Called Rainwater'''] by Dorothy Garlock

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?ragtime+doctorow '''Ragtime'''] by E. L. Doctorow 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?road+to+perdition '''Road to Perdition'''] by Max Allen Collins

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?sea+glass '''Sea Glass'''] by Anita Shreve

 '''Did You Know? -- 1922''' The setting of The Great Gatsby is the year 1922.
  Also in 1922: The [[wp:Eskimo Pie|Eskimo Pie]] is patented, construction begins on [[wp:Yankee Stadium|Yankee Stadium]],
  [[wp:Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]] opens [[wp:Tutankhamun|King Tut's Tomb]], and the [[wp:Teapot Dome Scandal|Teapot Dome Scandal]].
  Check out:  [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?tutankamun+the+untold+story '''Tutankhamun: the untold story'''] by Thomas Hoving
 -- '''1925''' The Great Gatsby was published in 1925.
  Also in 1925 [[wp:The New Yorker|The New Yorker]] magazine is first published, the [[wp:Chrysler|Chrysler Corporation]] is
  founded, [[wp:Calvin Coolidge|Calvin Coolidge]] takes office as president, the [[wp:frisbee|frisbee]] is invented, and 
  the [[wp:Scopes trial|Scopes trial]] is held in Tennesee. Check out:  [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?in+the+time+of+silent+cal '''In the Time of Silent Cal'''] by Jules Abels
  [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?monkey+town '''Monkey Town''']  by Ronald Kidd.

==Get in the Mood==

===Music from the 1920's===

Louis Armstrong -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?complete+hot+five+and+hot+seven+recordings '''The Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings'''] (4 CD's & a book)

Mel Bay -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?mel+bay+presents+songs+of+the+jazz+age '''Mel Bay Presents Songs of the Jazz Age'''] (book with CD)

Russ Columbo -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?prisoner+of+love '''Prisoner of Love''']: 23 crooning hits, 1928-1934

Johnny Dodds -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?great+original+performances+1923-1929 '''Great Original Performances, 1923-1929'''] 

Jelly Roll Morton -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?chicago+years '''The Chicago Years''']
 
Bessie Smith -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bessie+smith '''Bessie Smith'''] 

Ethel Waters -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?ethel+waters '''Ethel Waters''']

Various performers -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?favorites+of+the+roaring+twenties '''Favorites of the Roaring Twenties, from the original recordings'''] (2 CDs) 

===Related Movies===

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?under+the+biltmore+clock '''Under the Biltmore Clock''']  American Playhouse, 1986 (70 min.) Based on the story "Myra Meets His Family" by F. Scott Fitzgerald 

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?last+time+i+saw+paris '''The Last Time I Saw Paris''']. MGM, 1954 (116 min.) Based on the story "Babylon Revisited" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?bernice+bobs+her+hair '''Bernice Bobs Her Hair'''] originally aired on PBS, 1976. (48 min.) Based on the story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?last+of+the+belles '''The Last of the Belles''']. Originally aired on ABC TV, 1974. The story of Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald's meeting.

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?f+scott+fitzgerald+the+great+american+dreamer '''F. Scott Fitzgerald, the great American Dreamer''']. Biography series., A & E Home Video, 1997 (50 min.)

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?cotton+club+beacon '''The Cotton Club''']. Beacon Films, 1982 (29 min.) Jazz music in New York

*[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?irving+berlin+s+alexander's+ragtime+band '''Irving Berlin's Alexander's Ragtime Band''']. Twentieth Century Fox, 1938 (109 min.) 1938 Academy Award winner for Best Musical Score.

 '''Did You Know?''' -- The character of Meyer Wolfsheim is based on [[wp:Arnold Rothstein|Arnold Rothstein]], 
 who fixed the [[wp:1919 World Series|1919 World Series]]. Although the novel doesn't discuss it at length,
 readers at the time would have known the details of the allusion. Find out more about
 the events and characters surroudning the scandal:
 -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?chicago+black+sox+baseball+scandal '''The Chicago "Black Sox" Baseball Scandal''']: a headline court case by Michael J. Pellowski 
 -- [http://aries.jmrl.org/search/X?blue+ruin+boyd '''Blue Ruin''']: a novel of the 1919 World Series by Brendan Boyd
 Or watch the movie: *[http://aries.jmrl.org/search/t?eight+men+out '''Eight Men Out''']

==Flappers, Bathtub Gin, & Jazz: Nonfiction about the Roaring Twenties:==

Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: writers running wild in the Twenties by Marion Meade - 810.9 MEADE
Daily Life in the United States, 1920-1940: how Americans lived through the "Roaring Twenties" by David E. Kyvig - 973.91 KYVIG
The Damned and the Beautiful: American youth in the 1920's by Paula S. Fass - 301.43 FASS
Everybody Was So Young: Gerald and Sara Murphy, a lost generation love story by Amanda Vaill - 920 VAILL
Exile's Return: a literary odyssey of the 1920's by Malcolm Cowley - 810.9 COWLEY
Fashions of a Decade: the 1920's by Jacqueline Herald - 391.09 HERALD
The Jazz Age: the 20's by the editors of Time-Life Books - 973.91 JAZZ
New World Coming: the 1920's and the making of modern America by Nathan Miller - 973.91 MILLER
Only Yesterday: an informal history of the nineteen-twenties by Frederick Lewis Allen - 973.91 ALLEN
Posing a Threat: flappers, chorus girls, and other brazen performers of the American 1920's by Angela J. Latham - 305.42 LATHAM
Redeeming the Time: a people's history of the 1920's and the New Deal by Page Smith - 973.91 SMITH
Rumrunning and the Roaring Twenties: prohibition on the Michigan-Ontario Waterway by Philip P. Mason - 364.133 MASON
Top Drawer: American high society from the Gilded Age to the Roaring Twenties by Mary Cable - 301.44 CABLE 

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