
Reveals the stories behind more than one hundred famous titles, listing those whose original names greatly vary from the final ones and noting why the changes were made


Who can forget those immortal novels First Impressions, The Kingdom by the Sea, Trimalchio in West Egg, My Valley, Pansy, The Second Murderer, Tom-All-Alone's the Ruined House...' Would The Ancient Mariner have been so successful if it had been called The Old Sailor?

Andr? Bernard has researched the stories behind more than one hundred of the most famous titles in the English language to produce a fascinating volume rich in literary anecdote and publishing lore. The Great Gatsby was almost titled Trimalchio in West Egg, while some unknown...