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“An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters for ever afterward,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, in 1920. In this, he was wildly successful.
How “The Great Gatsby” Took Over High School
The classroom staple turns a hundred.
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April 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters for ever afterward,” F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote, in 1920. In this, he was wildly successful.
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After Donald Trump assumed the Presidency for a second time, Jill Lepore made a vow to read one volume of the Penguin Little Black Classics each morning. “In case of emergency, break open a book,” she writes.
A Hundred Classics to Get Me Through a Hundred Days of Trump
Each morning, before the day’s decree, I turned to a slim book, hoping for sense, or solace.
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April 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
After Donald Trump assumed the Presidency for a second time, Jill Lepore made a vow to read one volume of the Penguin Little Black Classics each morning. “In case of emergency, break open a book,” she writes.