By Samuel L. Leiter April 29, 2024: F. Scott Fitzgerald never really liked The Great Gatsby as the title of his 1925 novel, preferring instead Trimalchio in West Egg, which, wisely, he changed only at the insistence of editor Maxwell Perkins. But even the more accessible title of The Great Gatsby was of little help in making it a hugely popular or even universally admired book, at least during Fitzgerald's life, wh…
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:46AM on April 29, 2024