The Great Gatsby
An Edition of the Manuscript
$73.30
- Paperback
242 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2022
Summary
This edition presents the manuscript of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, the earliest full version of the novel that survives. Study of this manuscript reveals much about the composition of the novel—about the development of its characters and themes and the revision of its language. Fitzgerald reworked the manuscript, putting it through several drafts and continuing to edit until a few weeks before publication. The period of its creation was an amalgamation of his talent, ins…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781108445559 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1108445551 |
| Author: | F. Scott Fitzgerald, James L.W. West, III, Don C. Skemer |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 242 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2022 |
| Weight: | 341g |
| Dimensions: | 14mm x 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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Critics Review
‘Like a jazz album offering multiple takes on a single tune, the value of this edition lies in the access it offers to the creative process. Comparing it to the novel published in April 1925 reveals the decisions Fitzgerald made as he revised his greatest work and supplies fascinating insights into its evolution … Seeing The Great Gatsby as it might have been shows that Fitzgerald’s drive for perfection matched that of his beloved hero.’ Sarah Graham, The Times Literary Supplement
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Don C. Skemer is Curator of Manuscripts, Princeton University Library, New Jersey.
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