Rediscovered: the long-lost script that helped The Great Gatsby become a classic
F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel was a flop until a 1926 staging became a Broadway smash
May 2023
The reader interview
Post your questions for Joel Edgerton
The acclaimed Australian actor is a stalwart of the Star Wars universe as well as a veteran of a string of chewy independent thrillers – so get your questions over to him now
February 2022
The Great Gapsby? How modern editions of classics lost the plot
F Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece is the latest title to appear in a cheap modern version after copyright expires
April 2020
Fans pay tribute to F Scott Fitzgerald in worldwide Facebook gathering
Centenary of literary giant’s marriage and scandalous debut novel honoured with online mass reading of his book
April 2016
Baz Luhrmann: Prince was supposed to record lead single for The Great Gatsby
Film-maker spoke at Tribeca film festival about collaborating with the late musician on a song that failed to feature, and teased his new Netflix series
November 2015
Elizabeth Debicki on Hollywood: 'I don’t think I even really dreamed of this'
Named as breakthrough artist at the Australians in Film gala, The Great Gatsby actor talks career moves, travelling and comparisons to Cate Blanchett
September 2015
Carey Mulligan attacks 'sexist film industry' ahead of Suffragette release
Oscar-nominated star of An Education suggests Hollywood is generally uninterested in telling vital stories about the lives of women
May 2015
F Scott Fitzgerald's Great Gatsby home on sale for $3.8m
Author and his wife, Zelda, lived in the seven-bedroom manor house just outside New York between 1922 and 1924
April 2015
The Guardian profile
A special intensity: how Carey Mulligan quietly grabbed Hollywood's attention
Fans include the playwright David Hare and a studio boss but Mulligan is more interested in finding characters with real depth than leveraging her growing fame
January 2015
Children's books
From Gatsby to Darcy: the top 10 liars in fiction
Nick Lake, author of There Will be Lies, selects his favourite fictional tricksters and tellers of untruths in books
January 2014
Aacta awards 2014: Gatsby sweeps movie gongs for Baz Luhrmann
Hollywood extravaganza The Great Gatsby triumphs dominates movie category while Redfern Now scoops best drama series
May 2013
Baz Luhrmann on The Great Gatsby: 'Fitzgerald was a clown, just like I am'
Reel review
The Great Gatsby - video review
Reading group
The Great Gatsby on film: the Reading group's view
The Great Gatsby - review
Cannes film festival to open with Great Gatsby glamour
Leonardo DiCaprio and Baz Luhrmann could reunite for film version of Hamlet
The Great Gatsby: Baz Luhrmann's film opens to mixed reviews in the US
April 2013
Robert McCrum on books
Gatsby may be great, but F Scott Fitzgerald is greater
