stackyFACTSThe novel you were forced to read in high school was actually a colossal failure during its author's lifetime.
The novel you were forced to read in high school was actually a colossal failure during its author's lifetime. F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' sold miserably upon its 1925 release, barely covering his advance. Fitzgerald died in 1940 believing he was a washed-up hack forgotten by the world. It wasn't until the military shipped thousands of cheap copies to soldiers during WWII that the book accidentally became an immortal American classic.
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