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title: "Trimalchio: An Early Version of 'The Great Gatsby' (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald)"
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# Trimalchio: An Early Version of 'The Great Gatsby' (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald)

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## Customer Reviews

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    A Great Early Version of Fitzgerald's Masterpiece
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2018*

It is a well-known story that F. Scott Fitzgerald, before settling on The Great Gatsby at Maxwell Perkins urging shortly before the book went to press, toyed around with dozens of names. Among those was Trimalchio in the West Egg and Under the Red, White, and Blue. What is less known, however, is how many different changes he made to the novel itself. The various drafts (only one of which is included here) show how fluid the act of writing can be. Often the work of editing is as difficult as producing the initial draft. None of Fitzgerald's changes between the initial galley proofs and the final version fundamentally change the plot of the novel, but it is readily apparent this is an earlier draft.Among the main changes are the novel's less poetic narrative language and the weaker characterization of many of the secondary characters. The details of Jay Gatsby's background shift somewhat. In the final confrontation between Gatsby and Tom Buchanan, Daisy still chooses Tom, but there is less of a sense of finality about it. To my surprise, I actually preferred Trimalchio somewhat to the final version. The book also includes a useful addendum that notes the various changes made at each stage of the creative process. I generally prefer footnotes to endnotes, but can understand the editorial decision as less cumbersome. Overall, this is a great contribution to American letters of interest to both English scholars and fans of The Great Gatsby.

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    Interesting read for Gatsby fans
  

*by J***. on Reviewed in the United States on September 3, 2019*

By and large, it really is the same book, aside from the ordering of the middle and end chapters. However there are key distinct differences.  The final 'can't change the past' part is absent/altered and Daisy almost left Tom, before the argument at the Plaza.  I wish the commentary was longer, but what they provided was insightful.  That said, I'd recommend for die-hard fans, as 5 chapters in, aside from a few words or sentences - it really is the final book.

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    For lovers of The Great Gatsby
  

*by R***F on Reviewed in the United States on June 22, 2020*

Interesting to see how the novel evolved into The Great Gatsby that we know today. Significant amounts of reference materials and notes are included. Some interesting perspectives into Fitzgerald in relation to his work methods and story development.

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