EAN: 9781598537567

THE GREAT GATSBY AND RELATED STORIES [DECKLE ED...

Library of America presents the definitive novel of the Jazz Age in an authoritative new text
along with a quartet of brilliant stories that explore variations on the theme of desperate
longing for an unattainable someone or something Boats against the current  we are borne back
ceaselessly to The Great Gatsby. Its unforgettable characters the conflicted narrator Nick
Carraway  the golden girl Daisy Buchanan  and the mysterious Jay Gatsby its indelible symbols
and soaring prose  and its large themes of money  class  and American optimism have an enduring
fascination and make The Great Gatsby a frequent candidate for the Great American novel. Now
readers can experience F. Scott Fitzgerald s masterpiece in an edition that brings us closest
to his original vision for the work. Drawn from the authoritative Library of America edition of
Fitzgerald s collected writings  this deluxe paperback presents a new  corrected text of The
Great Gatsby by preeminent Fitzgerald scholar James L. W. West III  incorporating emendations
the author made on galley proofs and in his personal copy of the book. Fitzgerald s masterpiece
is joined here by four contemporary stories the Gatsby cluster in which he explores variations
on the theme of desperate longing for an unattainable someone or something: Winter Dreams  The
Rich Boy  Absolution  and Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr-nce of W-les. 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 Maxwell Perkins  his editor
at Scribner s  about the composition  editing  and publication of The Great Gatsby  offering a
fascinating glimpse into the genesis of an American classic. Other features include a preface
by the editor  a detailed chronology of Fitzgerald s life and career  and helpful explanatory
and textual notes.

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