
"Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby" offers a unique window into the creative process of F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the literary giants of the 20th century. This early version, circa 1924-1925, came from the period when Fitzgerald wanted to name his novel after...

"Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby" offers a unique window into the creative process of F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the literary giants of the 20th century. This early version, circa 1924-1925, came from the period when Fitzgerald wanted to name his novel after...

This first edition ever published of Trimalchio, an early and complete version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel The Great Gatsby now appears in paperback. Fitzgerald wrote the novel as Trimalchio and submitted it to Maxwell Perkins, his editor at Scribner's, who had the...


Allows today's readers to observe the development of Fitzgerald's great novel In November 1924 F. Scott Fitzgerald sent the typescript for his third novel, tentatively titled "Trimalchio," to his editor, Maxwell Perkins. In the following four months Fitzgerald...