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The Great Gatsby published 90 years ago today

By Heather on Apr 10, 2015 10:13 AM
The Great Gatsby 1925 cover
The Great Gatsby 1925 cover

On April 10, 1925, exactly 90 years ago today, the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published by Charles Scribner's Sons. To observe the occasion, Time magazine has posted the original 1925 Time book review of The Great Gatsby. Although now considered one of the great American novels of the 20th century, it was not immediately obvious that the book would attain such a status.

Check out and read a copy of The Great Gatsby from your Milwaukee Public Library or view one of the several film adaptations of the novel and judge for yourself its place in literary history.

 



Paula Kiely commented over 9 years ago...
MPL's Rare Book Collection includes a wonderful facsimile of Fitzgerald's manuscript produced in 1973. Before the days of personal computers, typed pages were edited using a pencil or pen, tracking the author's revisions in his own hand. This volume was given to the library by our friends at the UWM Library in honor of former City Librarian Kate Huston, upon the occasion of her retirement in 2006. The book is available for viewing by appointment.

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