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"An entertaining little book. . . . It is a good thing that writers have to keep struggling for the right title, to judge from Bernard's amusing evidence."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times
André Bernard has researched the stories behind more than one hundred of the most famous titles in the English language to produce a fascinating volume rich in literary anecdote and publishing lore. The Great Gatsby was almost titled Trimalchio in West Egg, while some unknown editor told William L. Shirer, "Please God, don't ask us to publish a book called The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich." It's a wonderful romp among the literary monuments.Raymond Chandler to Alfred A. Knopf: "I'm trying to think of a good title for you to want me to change.""synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
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André Bernard is the trade publisher of Harcourt, a regular columnist for The American Scholar, and the author of Now All We Need Is a Title.
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This amusing anthology of anecdotes and commentary on the history of illustrious book titles by BOMC editor Bernard (Rotten Rejections) reveals the behind-the-scenes efforts of famous authors and editors to find titles for such classics as Bleak House and Gone with the Wind. Bernard highlights more than 100 books, including those poached from literary sources (The Sound and the Fury from Macbeth); those that arose from disputes between editors and authors (Farewell, My Lovely as a compromise between Alfred Knopf's Sweet Bells Jangle and Chandler's Zounds, He Dies); and those with clunky working titles like Trimalchio in West Egg (The Great Gatsby). Arranged alphabetically by author and interspersed with quaint black-and-white illustrations and lists of thematically related titles, this handy reference work should fuel cocktail party banter.
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- PublisherW. W. Norton & Company
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0393314367
- ISBN 13 9780393314366
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages128
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