Opinion: 'The Great Gatsby' Enters Public Domain But It Already Entered Our Hearts
NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the legacy of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. The literary classic's copyright expired on the first day of 2021.
The copyright on F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby expired on the first stroke of 2021 and the book entered the public domain.
The classic 1925 novel of love foiled, ambitions foisted, class and betrayal sold fewer than 25,000 copies before Fitzgerald died. It hashas been turned into stage productions, an opera, five film versions, and inspired innumerable prequels, spinoffs and variations.
