![]() ![]() It was an extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again." "There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. ![]() But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts. Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate – a marvelous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period – which reveals a hero like no other – one who could live at no other time and in no other place. scott (francis scott), 1896-1940,įiction, romance, historical, 20th century,Īmerican fiction (collections), 20th century,Īmerican literature, history and criticism, 19th century, Young adult fiction, social themes, class differences,įitzgerald, f. Young adult fiction, comics & graphic novels, classic adaptation, Scott Fitzgerald (1980) and editor of New Essays on The Great Gatsby (CUP, 1985).American fiction (fictional works by one author), He is the author of Some Sort of Epic Grandeur: The Life of F. Fitzgerald's masterpiece is thus brought closer to a cross-section of readers, more accessibly and more authentically than ever before. ![]() This volume also includes a detailed account of the genesis, composition, and publication of the novel a full textual apparatus crucial early draft material helpful glosses on the peculiar geography and chronology of the book and explanatory notes on topical allusions and historical references that contemporary readers might otherwise miss. This critical edition draws on the manuscript and surviving proofs of the novel, together with Fitzgerald's subsequent revisions to key passages, to provide the first authoritative text of The Great Gatsby. ![]() The first edition was marred by errors resulting from Fitzgerald's extensive rewriting in proof and the conditions under which the book was produced moreover, the subsequent transmission of the text introduced proliferating departures from the author's words. Until now, however, no edition has printed the novel exactly as Fitzgerald intended. Scott Fitzgerald's account of the American dream gone awry, has established itself as one of the most popular and widely read novels in the English language. Since its publication in 1925, The Great Gatsby, F. ![]()
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