
Find a copy in the library

WorldCat
Find it in libraries globally

Finding libraries that hold this item...
Details
Genre/Form: | Love stories Fiction Psychological fiction Romans, nouvelles, etc |
---|---|
Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. Great Gatsby. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1991 (OCoLC)555322425 |
Named Person: | Jay Gatsby, (Fictitious character); Daisy Buchanan, (Fictitious character) |
Material Type: | Fiction, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
F Scott Fitzgerald; Matthew J Bruccoli |
ISBN: | 0521402301 9780521402309 0684801523 9780684801520 |
OCLC Number: | 22731556 |
Awards: | Runner-up for The BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 Short-listed for BBC Big Read Top 100 2003 |
Description: | lv, 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The composition and revision of The great Gatsby -- Reception and reputation -- The manuscript -- The unrevised galleys -- The revised galleys -- Editorial principles and procedures -- The great Gatsby : Substantive emendations and textual notes -- Emendations of accidentals in the base-text -- Late Fitzgerald corrections and revisions -- Revisions and textual annotations in Fitzgerald's copy. |
Responsibility: | F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli ; textual consultant, Fredson Bowers. |
More information: |
Abstract:
This critical edition of The Great Gatsby 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 one of the classic works of the twentieth century.
Read more...

Reviews
Editorial reviews
Publisher Synopsis
"Although it is hard to believe this novel could improve, it has. Considering the book's significance to American letters, the Cambridge edition of The Great Gatsby could very well be the literary publishing event of the year." Library Journal "Now we have an American masterpiece in its final form: the original crystal has shaped itself into the true diamond. This is the novel as Fitzgerald wished it to be, and so it is what we have dreamed of, sleeping and waking." James Dickey Read more...
User-contributed reviews
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers.
Be the first.
Tags
Add tags for "The great Gatsby".
All user tags (2)
View most popular tags as: tag list
| tag cloud
View most popular tags as:
tag list
| tag cloud
- banned books (by 1 person)
- challenged books (by 1 person)
- 1 items are tagged withbanned books
- 1 items are tagged withchallenged books
Similar Items
Related Subjects:(22)
- Gatsby, Jay -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
- Buchanan, Daisy -- (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
- Long Island (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
- Traffic accidents -- Fiction.
- Married women -- Fiction.
- First loves -- Fiction.
- Rich people -- Fiction.
- Mistresses -- Fiction.
- Revenge -- Fiction.
- Long Island (N.Y.) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Femmes mariées -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Premier amour -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Riches -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Maîtresses -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- Vengeance -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.
- First loves.
- Married women.
- Mistresses.
- Revenge.
- Rich people.
- Traffic accidents.
- New York (State) -- Long Island.
User lists with this item (19)
- Monthly Readings(169 items)
by Tamirsmart updated 2020-08-22
- Critical approaches BGU ENG223(8 items)
by BGU_English_Literature updated 2016-02-15
- Banned + Challenged Books(84 items)
by latashajones updated 2015-10-01
- Banned Books That Shaped America(46 items)
by Lupton_Library_Lists updated 2014-09-11
- Things to Check Out(37 items)
by hannon15 updated 2014-06-18