In addition to projects like Nick, Gatsby fans can expect many more new editions of the original book—author Min Jin Lee and cultural critic Wesley Morris are both writing new introductions to the text.
In the U. West is intrigued by what a playwright could do by shifting perspectives. Or Jordan Baker? Or Myrtle Wilson? What makes The Great Gatsby so beloved is neither its plot nor its characters.
Bryer, president of the F. Even so, Bryer is hopeful that people will now revisit the novel, perhaps for the first time since school. He remembers how his own interpretation of Gatsby changed—he first read it as a tragic love story, and later realized that it interrogates the constraints of social class.
Scott Fitzgerald called Great Neck home for only two years in the early s, but the then-budding Gold Coast community left such an enduring impression that it birthed the vision for The Great Gatsby. For the last 95 years, that vision has been protected under copyright laws.
No literary remakes, movie adaptations, or theatrical productions could be created without approval from the Fitzgerald Trust. But, nothing lasts forever, and the copyright is set to expire in January. Anyone who has ever had their own vision for the high school required reading can finally turn their dreams into reality. Maybe as superheroes? On Mars? Gatsby, you see, is a vampire.
More than 25m copies of The Great Gatsby have been sold since it was first published in , and the expiration of copyright, 95 years after it was released, opens the door to anything and everything fans might want to do with it.
On the fan fiction site Archive of Our Own AO3 , someone has uploaded a version of the novel that search-and-replaces Gatsby with Gritty , the name of the furry mascot for the Philadelphia Flyers ice hockey team. Publishers specializing in older works already are preparing their own editions. The Everyman Library, which for years has published the novel in the United Kingdom, will release a hardcover edition in the U. Pop culture's best 'Great Gatsby' references.
A graphic novel, featuring an introduction from Blake Hazard, is coming out in June.
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