F. Scott Fitzgerald

Matthew Joseph Bruccoli

In 1924 F. Scott Fitzgerald sent the typescript for his novel titled Trimalchio to his editor. In the following months Fitzgerald rewrote the text in galley proof and selected a retitled it - The Great Gatsby. This text shows how Fitzgerald progressed from the first draft to the finished novel.

A Facsimile Edition of the Original Galley Proofs for The Great Gatsby

Trimalchio

Tales of the Jazz Age

Lara Engle

Enjoyable, but often quite odd, Tales of the Jazz Age is most notable for its insight into Fitzgerald's craft. The little annotations in the table of contents for each story are entertaining. My favorite section by far is the first, four stories categorized as "My Last Flappers." Shockingly, the fantasies were disappointing to me. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is one of the rare pieces of literature that is shown up by its movie version. "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz" is ridiculous and offensive in multiple ways, both through classism and racism. Overall, some stories are entertaining, but I don't see much need for most people to read the entire book.

Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald Tales of Jazz is a collection of eleven short stories compiled in one single volume. The quite popular short work by F Scott Fitzgerald 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' makes this collection a superb one.

Toyah Blackburn

I didn't like this collection as much as I wanted or expected to given that I loved The Great Gatsby and The Beautiful and the Damned, however I did really like two or three of the stories. I did read on Kindle, and the transcription wasn't great which I think really put me off.

For the legions of Great Gatsby fans and scholars, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s early version of his masterpiece provides a new understanding of Fitzgerald’s working methods, fresh insight into his characters, and renewed appreciation of his genius—now available in ebook for the first time. Reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Trimalchio, an early and complete version of The Great Gatsby, is like listening to a familiar musical composition played in a different key. It is the same work and yet a different work. Fitzgerald wrote Trimalchio during the summer of 1924 and submitted it to Maxwell Perkins, his editor at Scribner’s, in October of that year. (He titled the book after the ostentatious party-giver in the Satyricon of Petronius.) Perkins had the novel set in type and sent the galleys to Fitzgerald in France. Fitzgerald then heavily revised the galley pages, shifting material around and changing the title. The result was The Great Gatsby, his signature work. Trimalchio, however, is also a remarkable achievement. It differs considerably from The Great Gatsby: its plot and structure are not the same, two chapters of Trimalchio were completely rewritten for the published novel, characterization is different, Nick Carraway’s narrative voice is altered, and it contains several passages and sequences missing from Gatsby. Most importantly, in Trimalchio Jay Gatsby’s past is revealed in a wholly different way.

An Early Version of The Great Gatsby

kate

A collection of short stories reflects American society during the 1920s and portrays the aristocratic class of the era.

Kwan Ann Tan

Jessie

In these eleven stories, Fitzgerald depicts the Roaring Twenties as he lived them. He masterfully blends accounts of flappers and the smart set with more fantastical visions of America, always imbuing his narratives with his trademark themes of money, class, ambition and love.

Georgia Carr

Jessica Krcmarik

A collection of early short stories which helped make Fitzgerald's name, Tales of the Jazz Age combines period pieces - the most notable of which is the novella-length 'May Day' - with more fanciful creations, such as the fantastical 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button', recently made into a Hollywood film.

Trimalchio A Facsimile Edition of the Original Galley Proofs for The Great Gatsby

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