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I've read that when Fitzgerald died, there were copies of the second printing still in Scribners' warehouse. It's one of those books that a core group of people at the time knew was excellent (Eliot, Hemingway, etc.), but it just took decades to catch on.
Though there are still those like Gore Vidal who like to claim it's garbage. But the rest of us know better. :)
Did they only do Armed Services Editions during the Second World War? When/why did they stop?
So we beat on...
Like so many people I know, I've discovered more than half the authors I now love by reading them for free in the library. Free reads work. History has some examples of just how well... The Great Gatsby was not popular when it was published despite positive reviews and in its first fifteen years...
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