# The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” was not always considered so great at all. Unflattering reviews and disappointing sales had confined the novel to obscurity for decades before it re-entered the public consciousness during World War II.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 5 min
- By: Hastings, Patrick
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-10812/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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