Lost Generation

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Hemingway in a Red Cross ambulance

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby raises a champagne glass, with "The Great Gatsby" book cover superimposed and an arrow pointing to it.

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Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

Combo image of Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner to be used in high engagement content only

Was there a feud between William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway?

poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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American bison (Bison bison) also known as buffalo or plains buffalo on the prairie, western U.S.

What’s the Difference Between Bison and Buffalo?

Calendar showing the month of February

Why Are There Only 28 Days in February?

Communism - mosaic hammer and sickle with star on the Pavilion of Ukraine at the All Russia Exhibition Centre (also known as VDNKh) in Moscow. Communist symbol of the former Soviet Union. USSR

Why Did the Soviet Union Collapse?

Start of Men's 100 meter sprint where Usain Bolt wins and sets a new world record at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games August 18, 2008 in Beijing, China.

How Fast Is the World’s Fastest Human?

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

Thumbnail for flags that look alike quiz Russia, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway

Flags That Look Alike

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Lost Generation: Media

American literature

Videos

Leonardo DiCaprio as Jay Gatsby raises a champagne glass, with "The Great Gatsby" book cover superimposed and an arrow pointing to it.

The Great Gatsby: From flop to Great American Novel

How did Gatsby become so…great?

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Images

Hemingway in a Red Cross ambulance

Hemingway in a Red Cross ambulance

Ernest Hemingway in an American Red Cross ambulance, Italy, 1918.

Ernest Hemingway Photograph Collection/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

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