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Recommended Great Gatsby Resources
Our hand-picked list of the best places to go next: free texts and audiobooks, libraries and archives, scholarly organisations, and the guides on this site that will help you read, study and enjoy The Great Gatsby.
Start Here on TheGreatGatsby.com
- Read the complete novel free, chapter by chapter
- Summary and study guide: plot, characters, setting and symbols
- Themes and symbols: the American Dream, class, love and time
- Practice quiz: forty questions with explanations
- Lesson plans for teachers
- Glossary of Jazz Age words and references
- Criticism and interpretations
- F. Scott Fitzgerald biography
Free Public-Domain Texts and Audiobooks
- Standard Ebooks: a carefully formatted, free ebook edition for e-readers.
- Wikisource: a free, volunteer-proofread transcription of the 1925 Scribner first edition, checked against scans of the original pages.
- Project Gutenberg: the long-running free digital library, with the novel in several downloadable formats.
- LibriVox: free public-domain audiobook recordings read by volunteers.
Libraries
- Libby: borrow ebooks and audiobooks, including many editions of the novel, with a library card from a participating public library.
- WorldCat: find editions, critical studies and biographies in libraries near you.
Scholarship and Archives
- The F. Scott Fitzgerald Society: the scholarly society devoted to Fitzgerald’s life and work, with news of conferences and research.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald Papers at Princeton University Library: the guide to the major archive of Fitzgerald’s manuscripts and correspondence at his old university.
Places to Visit
- The Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, Alabama, Zelda’s hometown, in a house where the couple once lived.
- Long Island’s north shore, including Great Neck, where Fitzgerald lived while he planned the novel. Nearby Gold Coast mansions open to the public give a sense of the world of East Egg and West Egg.
Understanding Copyright and the Public Domain
- U.S. Copyright Office: How long does copyright last? The official explanation of copyright terms, including why works from 1925 entered the public domain on January 1, 2021.
Books, Films and More
Looking for a copy of your own? Our guide to Great Gatsby editions compares the main options, and our picks in the sidebar include favourite editions and the 2013 film. Then explore every major adaptation, Jazz Age fashion and classic cocktails.