NewsTalk 1280 WGBF » f. scott fitzgerald http://newstalk1280.com Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:00:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 'Great Gatsby' House Torn Down [VIDEO] http://newstalk1280.com/great-gatsby-house-torn-down-video/ http://newstalk1280.com/great-gatsby-house-torn-down-video/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:46:06 +0000 brad.bruner http://newstalk1280.com/?p=1683 The home that inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald to write eternal high school English class assignment 'The Great Gatsby' has been torn down, according to reports.

'Lands End' was a grand mansion on Long Island's North Shore, which was built by a newspaper publisher in 1902.

For a period of time during the '20s, Fitzgerald lived across the bay from Lands End, and would watch the lavish, celebrity-filled parties which took place within its confines. He later incorporated many of these observation into 'The Great Gatsby.'

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