April 10, 1925 –
…So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past…
F. Scott Fitzgerald third book, The Great Gatsby, was published on this date. Among various titles considered were Among Ashheaps and Millionaires, Gold-Hatted Gatsby, The High-Bouncing Lover, On the Road to West Egg and Fitzgerald’s favorite Trimalchio’s Banquet based on a character Trimalchio in the Satyricon. At the last moment, Fitzgerald agreed with his editor Max Perkins on the title, The Great Gatsby and it was published on this date.
The novel was not popular upon initial printing and sold fewer than 25,000 copies during the remaining fifteen years of Fitzgerald’s life. Fitzgerald was very disappointed about this happening.
Much alcohol consumption and dissipation ensued.
And so it goes
The Haus of Dcaligari 