The Annotated Great Gatsby - 100th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
I couldn't resist this gorgeous book. It's the original story, commentary, and almost a textbook, all in one. Okay, textbook might not sound appealing, and I don't really mean it that way. But there's so much information to help put the story and the writing process in context.
There's so much in this book that I haven't even made it all the way through yet, but check out the details from Penguin Random House:
- A new introduction by Amor Towles, bestselling author of Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow
- A corrected text of Gatsby based on Fitzgerald’s composite manuscript, working galleys, and personal copies
- Restored American spellings and emendations made by Fitzgerald throughout the book’s life
- 13 annotated letters between Fitzgerald and Gatsby’s star editor Maxwell Perkins
- A detailed chronology of Fitzgerald’s life and career, plus extensive explanatory and textual notes
Here's just a sample of the page layouts, with the original text there to read, but also sidebars about F. Scott himself or details about that time, things he mentioned in the book, etc.
I think this is a must-have for any Gatsby fan, or anyone who loves history, or anyone who loves reading classics and putting them in context. Above all, it's also a gorgeous book.