Under the Red, White, and Blue

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

Under the Red, White, and Blue was F. Scott Fitzgerald's final title for the novel we all know as, The Great Gatsby. This particular edition aims to achieve Fitzgerald's last known wishes for the novel, if such a thing exists.

This book contains the entire novel. The emendations in this edition are mostly inconsequential to the overall scope of the novel. The updates include minor corrections (e.g., "irises" instead of "retinas" in descrbing the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg) and style choices closer to Fitzgerald's holograph draft (e.g., "living room" instead of "living-room").

The Introduction discusses Fitzgerald's struggle with the title as well as the influence of the original cover art and its artist, Francis Cugat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781732410992
Publisher:	Celestial Eyes Press
Publication date:	02/26/2021
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.25(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.53(d)

About the Author

Author of the widely lauded novel The Great Gatsby, as well as This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, and Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for chronicling the excesses and tribulations of the Jazz Age. One of the leading authors of the post-World War I "Lost Generation," Fitzgerald often invokes themes of youth, beauty, and despair in his books and short stories. He was also known for his hard-partying lifestyle, as well as his marriage to the beautiful yet troubled Zelda Fitzgerald.

Date of Birth:

September 24, 1896

Date of Death:

December 21, 1940

Place of Birth:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Education:

Princeton University