In response to: How Princetonians Saved ‘The Great Gatsby’
Current issue
July 2025
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
On the cover: Wilton Virgo ’00 and his classmates celebrate during the P-rade.
Great article. Having had Gatsby assigned three times in my school career, had assumed it’d been an instant classic. The backstory is surprising. The posthumous appreciation of Scott’s works is a gut-punch. A reminder that it’s the journey, not the appreciation, that really matters.