Under the Red, White, and Blue
was F. Scott Fitzgerald's final title for the novel we all know as,
The Great Gatsby
. This particular edition aims to achieve Fitzgerald's last known wishes for the novel, if such a thing exists.
This book contains the entire novel. The emendations in this edition are mostly inconsequential to the overall scope of the novel. The updates include minor corrections (
e.g.
, "irises" instead of "retinas" in descrbing the eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg) and style choices closer to Fitzgerald's holograph draft (
, "living room" instead of "living-room").
The Introduction discusses Fitzgerald's struggle with the title as well as the influence of the original cover art and its artist, Francis Cugat.