The Great Gatsby published 90 years ago today
On April 10, 1925, exactly 90 years ago today, the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published by Charles Scribner's Sons. To observe the occasion, Time magazine has posted the original 1925 Time book review of The Great Gatsby. Although now considered one of the great American novels of the 20th century, it was not immediately obvious that the book would attain such a status.
Check out and read a copy of The Great Gatsby from your Milwaukee Public Library or view one of the several film adaptations of the novel and judge for yourself its place in literary history.