In light of the The Great Gatsby movie blitz, Slate's Gabrielle Lipton explores the estates that may have inspired Jay Gatsby's mansion in the 1925 novel, concluding that F. Scott Fitzgerald "drew from many sources." "Of all the fictionalized places to live," she writes, "there are few that have remained dignified in their power of fantasy for as long as Jay Gatsby's mansion." [Slate via AOL Real Estate]
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