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Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' and Glyn's 'Three Weeks.' (F. Scott Fitzgerald; Elinor Glyn)

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From: The Explicator
Date: 19960622
Author:Brooks, Nigel

Elinor Glyn's 'Three Weeks' may have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald into writing 'The Great Gatsby.' Glyn's novel, first published in 1907, gained success through its courageous heroine, Madame Zalenska. Meanwhile, 'The Great Gatsby' was released in 1925 although Fitzgerald started working on it around the time that the film version of 'Three Weeks' was shown. There are other similarities between the two, including images of tiger skins, green lights and secret love affairs. Some believe that 'The Great Gatsby' is but a bitter deconstruction of the sentimental plot of 'Three Weeks.'

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