100 Years of ‘The Great Gatsby’
25 July - 41 minsThis year, “The Great Gatsby” turns 100.
A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, tells the story of how an overlooked book by a 28-year-old author eventually became the great American novel, and explores why all of these decades later, we still see ourselves in its pages.
Guest: A.O. Scott, a critic at large for The New York Times Book Review, writing about literature and ideas.
Background reading:
What the hero in “The Great Gatsby” tell us about how we see ourselves.For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday.
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