Event Special Events "The Great Gatsby" at 100: A Public Reading
Date and Location
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When: Thursday, April 10, 2025
10:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT
This event will be livestreamed on YouTube External. It will be available for viewing afterwards in the Library's Event Videos collection.
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Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - LJ 119
10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540
Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.
On the exact 100th anniversary of the publication date of “The Great Gatsby,” the Library of Congress is producing a full reading of the novel, livestreamed from our Thomas Jefferson building on Capitol Hill. Be an old sport and join us in-person or online to experience this classic American novel which entered the public domain in 2021.
Scribner, which used to be known as Charles Scribner’s Sons when the house published “The Great Gatsby,” is one of eight American publishers found on the Library’s ceiling above the Great Hall.