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  • Great Gatsby, The
    Great Gatsby, The
    noun
    a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • The Great Gatsby
    The Great Gatsby
    (1925) A novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, recounting the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby, who lives extravagantly from bootlegging and other criminal activities. He loves a beautiful woman, Daisy, who is the cause of his downfall.

Great Gatsby, The

American  
[gats-bee] / ˈgæts bi /

noun

  1. a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.


The Great Gatsby Cultural  
  1. (1925) A novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, recounting the rise and fall of Jay Gatsby, who lives extravagantly from bootlegging and other criminal activities. He loves a beautiful woman, Daisy, who is the cause of his downfall.


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Neither does Immersive Everywhere’s “The Great Gatsby: The Immersive Show,” a jovial feast for the senses that never, in its lagging two-and-a-half-hour running time, truly rises above the status of a mere attraction.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023

“The Great Gatsby: The Immersive Show,” which made its debut in London eight years ago, opened last week at the Park Central Hotel in New York.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

Queen of Versailles: a twisted cousin of The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby ends at night, on the beach.

From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2012

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