The Scribner paperback (“The Only Authorized Edition”)
The novel from its first publisher, with an introduction by Jesmyn Ward.
Start where the book started: Fitzgerald’s own publisher, his text, and a short way in.
You have not read it yet, or not since school, and you want the novel from its own publisher with a short way in.
What it keeps and what it changes
Keeps: the whole novel. Scribner describes the text as the original with the author’s own revisions.
Changes: only what comes before it: a foreword by Fitzgerald’s granddaughter and an introduction by Jesmyn Ward.
Whose story is it?
Nick’s, as he tells it, from the first page to the last.
How much time does it ask?
208 pages in Scribner’s trade paperback.
Scribner: authorized by Fitzgerald’s family and his longtime publisher, with a foreword by his granddaughter and an introduction by Jesmyn Ward.
Where to find it
Buy the paperback — Bookshop.org
Other ways to get it: Paperback — Amazon · Ebook — Kobo · Kindle — Amazon
Borrow it free: Borrow on Libby · Find at your library — WorldCat
More ways into West Egg: The Penguin Classics edition, introduction by Min Jin Lee · The Norton Critical Edition, ed. David Alworth · The Cambridge Edition, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli