Published five years after his stunning 1920 debut, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby established F. Scott Fitzgerald as one of the most important writers of his generation. Its unforgettable characters, poetic prose, and large themes money, class, and American optimism have an enduring fascination and make The Great Gatsby a frequent candidate for the Great American novel. Drawn from the authoritative Library of America edition of Fitzgeralds collected writings, this deluxe paperback (which features French flaps and deckleedge paper) presents a new, corrected text of The Great Gatsby by preeminent Fitzgerald scholar James L. W. West III. The Library of America text corrects errors, restores Fitzgeralds preferred American spellings, and incorporates emendations the author made on galley proofs and in his personal copy of the book. Fitzgeralds masterpiece is joined here by four contemporary stories the Gatsby cluster in which he explored variations on the theme of desperate longing for an unattainable someone or something Winter Dreams, The Rich Boy, Absolution, and Rags MartinJones and the Prnce of Wles. Essential reading for fans of the novel, these, too, are presented in newly corrected texts. Rounding out this special edition is a selection of thirteen letters between Fitzgerald and his editor at Scribners, Maxwell Perkins, about the composition, editing, and publication of The Great Gatsby, offering a fascinating glimpse into the genesis of an American...

Binding: Paperback;388 pages; Publisher: The Library of America; Classification: FC; Weight: 572 g; Dimensions: 201 x 148 x 9

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