Practicing Success
Who among the following wrote the novel 'The Great Gatsby'? |
Chinua Achebe Harper Lee F Scott Fitzgerald Alice Walker |
F Scott Fitzgerald |
The correct answer is Option (3) - F Scott Fitzgerald The novel 'The Great Gatsby' was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with socialite Ginevra King, and the riotous parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. During World War II, the novel experienced an abrupt surge in popularity when the Council on Books in Wartime distributed free copies to American soldiers serving overseas. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel. |