Explore The Great Gatsby and the "Roaring Twenties"

In recognition of the 100th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, we have compiled this list of related resources available through the Drexel Libraries, including key editions of the book, film adaptations, study guides, and critical analyses.

The list also includes works on 1920s culture, fashion, and major themes like the American Dream and Prohibition. Additional resources explore F. Scott Fitzgerald’s life and other writings, helping readers understand the novel’s lasting impact.

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Great Gatsby (1st edition) by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Great Gatsby: The Complete 1925 Text with introduction and afterword by Richard Smoley by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Film Adaptations

• Gatsby: The Musical by Paul Puccioni
• The Great Gatsby (1974 version)
• The Great Gatsby (2013 version)

Study Guides & Critical Analyses

• Critical Insights: The Great Gatsby by Morris Dickstein
• Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby: A Reader's Guide by Nicolas Tredell
• New Essays on The Great Gatsby by Matthew J. Bruccoli
• Place, Class and the Destruction of the American Dream in the Great Gatsby from the Perspective of Space by Yue Wu and Jinsong Shen
• Repetition, Race & Desire in The Great Gatsby by Adam Meehan
• Tender is the Night and F. Scott Fitzgerald's Sentimental Identities by Christian K. Messenger

Additional Works by Fitzgerald

• Collected works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: 45 Short Stories and Novels by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Novels and Stories: 1920-1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• The Last Tycoon: An Unfinished Novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald; edited by Edmund Wilson

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

• The Far Side of Paradise: A Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald by Arthur Mizner
• F. Scott Fitzgerald edited by Donald R. Noble
• The Thoughtbook of F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Secret Boyhood Diary by, F. Scott Fitzgerald; edited by Dave Page 

The 1920s: Historical and Cultural Context & Broader Connections

• The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea That Shaped a Nation by Jim Cullen
• Class and the Making of American Literature: Created Unequal by Andrew Lawson
• Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age by Malcolm Cowley and Robert Cowley
• Gatsby: The Cultural History of the Great American Novel by Bob Batchelor
• The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s by Sarah Coffin
• Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition by Daniel Okrent
• Passing by Nella Larsen
• Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America by Edward Behr

Drexel University in the 1920s

• Drexel History Timeline: A timeline of events and institutional achievements, including key milestones at the University during the 1920s
• Fashion From the 1920s from Drexel’s Fox Historic Costume Collection Exhibition: A past exhibition by Drexel's Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection showcasing women's fashions from the 1920s
• 1920s Fashion in “The Great Gatsby”: Factual or Faulty? An interview with Clare Sauro, Director, The Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection and Assistant Professor, Design & Art History, on the accuracy of 1920s fashion as depicted in film adaptations of The Great Gatsby