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The Great Gatsby's author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, once wrote, "There are no second acts in American lives." In the case of the Sands Point, N.Y., mansion said to have inspired the classic American novel, the Fitzgerald adage seems to have been accurate -- but that second act came to end on Monday, when the so-called Land's... Continue Reading »

The Great Gatsby is not only one of the 20th century's great novels -- it's also one of the great real estate reads. Recently, Land's End, the grand Long Island, N.Y., estate that moved F. Scott Fitzgerald to create the fictional town of East Egg in Gatsby fell into serious disrepair. Sarah Firshein at Curbed.com has the... Continue Reading »