A new film adaptation of The Great Gatsby is due to hit Australian cinemas next week, but book lovers have more than one option when looking to purchase a copy of F Scott Fitzgerald’s iconic book about life in the jazz age.
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Random House has the official film tie-in edition of the book, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and other actors from the film, and incorporating graphical elements from the film’s poster. Random House also offers an edition in its Vintage Classics range, featuring a simple illustrated cover.
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Penguin has one edition of Gatsby with the classic orange branding of its Popular Penguins, and another version from its recent range of Pink Popular Penguins, which raises funds for the McGrath Foundation. Both books are in the top ten bestselling Popular Penguins in Australia.
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In addition to the Popular Penguins, Penguin has three more editions available, all featuring illustrated depictions of Gatsby’s decadent lifestyle, including his car and his West Egg mansion. |
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This new edition from Text Publishing includes an introduction from Melina Marchetta, the author of Looking for Alibrandi (Puffin). |
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Hachette offers a paperback edition of The Great Gatsby, featuring simple type on its cover, under its Orion imprint, while HarperCollins publishes an edition of Fitzgerald’s novel as part of its Collins Classics range.
Alma Classics, an imprint of Bloomsbury, has released a series of F Scott Fitzgerald books that all feature matching illustrations, including Tender is the Night, Tales of the Jazz Age, All the Sad Young Men and, of course, The Great Gatsby. |
This striking cover is for Nicki Greenberg’s graphic novel adaptation of the book, published by Allen & Unwin. In Shaun Tan’s words it is ‘bizarre, absorbing and very funny’, bringing the story to young readers in graphic novel form. |
