Fitzgerald, F. Scott: 1896 - 1940
The Great Gatsby, 1925 - Pictures
- The original Francis Cugat gouache artwork of the first edition (1925) is part of the Princeton University Library's Graphic Arts Collection.
- Jacket design
- The Great Gatsby dust jacket: an explanation of one of the most enigmatic in modern literature
- Inside cover of The Great Gatsby with F. Scott Fitzgerald's inscription to Dayton Kohler (Virginia Polytech Institute), 1934
- The inscription, made out to Charles T. Scott, provides some interesting insight into the character of Jay Gatsby, and provides a glimpse at Fitzgerald’s creative process in writing the novel.
“Gatsby was never quite real to me. His original served for a good enough exterior until about the middle of the book he grew thin and I began to fill him with my own emotional life. So he’s synthetic – and that’s one of the flaws in this book. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ellerslie, Edgemoor, Delaware, 1927”
From Michigan State University.