EAN: 9780762498130

FITZGERALD F SCOTT THE GREAT GATSBY DELUXE ILLU...

Marking the 100th anniversary of  The Great Gatsby   this deluxe edition of the original 1925
edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald' s Great American novel  is beautifully illustrated by
award-winning artist Adam Simpson.   Widely considered to be the greatest American novel of all
time  The Great Gatsby is the story of the wealthy  quixotic Jay Gatsby and his obsessive love
for debutante Daisy Buchanan. It is also a cautionary tale of the American Dream in all its
exuberance  decadence  hedonism  and passion.   First published in 1925 by Charles Scribner'
s Sons  The Great Gatsby sold modestly and received mixed reviews from literary critics of the
time. Upon his death in 1940  Fitzgerald believed the book to be a failure  but a year later 
as the U.S. was in the grips of the Second World War  an initiative known as Council on Books
in Wartime was created to distribute paperbacks to soldiers abroad. The Great Gatsby became one
of the most popular books provided to regiments  with more than 100 000 copies shipped to
soldiers overseas. By 1960  the book was selling apace and being incorporated into classrooms
across the nation. Today  it has sold over 25 million copies worldwide in 42 languages.   This
exquisitely rendered edition of the original 1925 printing reintroduces readers to
Fitzgerald' s iconic portrait of the Jazz Age  complete with specially commissioned
illustrations by Adam Simpson that reflect the gilded splendor of the Roaring Twenties.  

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