Funnily enough, The Great Gatsby wasn't very well-received when it was first published. Many critics were disappointed in the novel, and The New York World ran F. SCOTT FITZGERALD'S LATEST A DUD for its headline. The novel only sold ~21,000 copies in its first year. read more
And so we falter forward, lost in the aftermath of wonder that follows The Great Gatsby. • Sarah Churchwell's Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the Invention of The Great Gatsby will be published by Virago on 6 June. read more