The Great Gatsby was one of my literary blindspots for so long, I was glad to finally remove it from my TBR list. Especially with a wonderful LOA edition that introduced me to some of Fitzgerald's great short stories as well.

I often teach Fitzgerald to my novel writing students. In our latest session, Although our plot course focuses on The Great Gatsby, for the latest session I recommended this collection, which provides a broader view of Fitzgerald's work. My students especially appreciated the Nonfiction section, which includes some pithy thoughts on the work of writing.

Gorgeous collection with everything FSF you could ever want. I will be treating this ebook as a religious text for the rest of my days. <3

A must read for fans of F. Scott Fitzgerald. A great collection with some short stories I hadn't read yet but thoroughly enjoyed.

This review refers to the Library of America edition rather than Fitzgerald’s writing in general. This collection is an excellent one, including as it does The Great Gatsby, his third collection of stories All The Sad Young Men, plus a further selection of short stories, essays and non-fiction pieces from 1920-1926. All in one volume.

In the not so distant past I divulged that I read The Great Gatsby every year. After a slight pause I was asked the following: Why? And do you know, in that moment, I couldn’t answer. Think about it. What is it about Gatsby that places it on the pedestal of classic 20th Century American Literature, a book that perfectly captures an enraptured generation in under 200 pages. Thanks to Library Of America we all have the opportunity to ponder this question for they have just released: #F..ScottFitzgerald:TheGreatGatsby,AllTheSadYoungMen&OtherWritings1920-26, a compendium of Fitzgerald’s work from ages 24-30 when he was perhaps at the height of his powers. Let me say here that I did not begin my Great Gatsby reading marathon until I was about 40 ( I’m 72 now ), an age when I had plenty of opportunities to experience life’s highs and lows but amazingly to me 10-16 older than Fitzgerald when he created. this prescient material which is infused with an ebullient but melancholy tone hinting that F.S.F. was wise beyond his years. This new package of Fitzgerald’s writings 1920-26 is the perfect way to savor some of his most eloquent material. I can’t help but think that had he lived long enough he would have smiled when The Beatles sang “ I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love”.

Lovers of The Great Gatsby will love love this collection of stories and essays by F.Scott Fitzgerald. I've always wanted to read stories by the author and it was amazing to read the author's work.

I received this book from the publisher through Netgalley for review and all thoughts and opinions are my own.
Many a student of literature remembers the slog through Gatsby. Personally, I read it later in life and enjoyed the tale of the roaring twenties. In this second volume of The Library of Congress Fitzgerald collection, The Great Gatsby is included, along with many of his short stories from the period and some pertinent nonfiction. As his life went on, his works revealed his penchant for drink and a downspiral in personal wellbeing. Many tale was to be found in The Saturday Evening Post, a popular magazine. Recommending to students and reader alike who want to add to the collection. Especially of interest to me was the background history on the author, his interactions with other authors, etc.

Thoroughly intend to purchase this upon publication. Fitzgerald is a favorite and this was a lovely collection to come across, full of some of his best works.

It’s Fitzgerald. Nuff said.

Jokes aside, it’s always nice to read the classics.
The Great Gatsby is my favourite work of his.

My thanks to NetGalley and the Library of America for an advanced copy of this new collection in the their remarkable series.

The Library of America release of the second volume featuring the writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, covers not only his greatest, well known work, but a collection of short stories, that shows Mr. Fitzgerald at not only his best, and sometimes, well, not.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby, All the Sad Young Men & Other Writings 1920–26 presents both The Great Gatsby and the shorter works in a newly edited text, with minor and major corrections, and spelling in the way that the author preferred. Some might say that the stories are dated, but looked in a our hyper-social media lifestyle, these stores take on a new life. Newly rich finding fault with themselves, their class their country, and finding only addiction to be interesting and a way to wake up in the morning. Or a self-made instagram star living a fake life for fame and power to impress people and win adoration and love they so surely grew up without. Gatsby would have been quite at home, maybe not on tick tock, but his Twitter feed would have been a trip.

The short stories range in quality as Fitzgerald found himself, and his writing style, which gradually began to slip away as fame was fleeting, the drinking getting worse, and his family problems worsened. However a few show a lot of talent, and again seem more timeless rather than of a age. The nonfiction pieces range in quality depending on the subject matter, but are still quite worth reading. I've not read much of his nonfiction, and was quite pleased by how much I enjoyed them.

The books in the Library of America are all beautiful looking, that simple cover with photo and long titles. As a book person, even if I am not a fan of the author, I always love looking at these volumes, flipping through, admiring the text and the essays. The Fitzgerald is of course a fine edition to add to the Library, and there are besides Gatsby many fine pieces to enjoy in this volume.