The Last Tycoon

For other meanings see The Last Tycoon (disambiguation).
The Love of the Last Tycoon

First edition
Author F. Scott Fitzgerald
Country United States
Language English
Publisher Charles Scribner's Sons
Publication date
1941 (posthumously)
Media type Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages 163 pp (paperback edition)
OCLC 28147241
813/.52 20
LC Class PS3511.I9 L68 1993
Preceded by Tender Is the Night (1934)

The Last Tycoon is an unfinished novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. In 1941, it was published posthumously under this title, as prepared by his friend Edmund Wilson, a critic and writer.[1]

It was adapted as a TV play in 1957 and a film in 1976 of the same name, with a screenplay for the latter by British playwright Harold Pinter. Robert De Niro and Theresa Russell starred.

In 1993, a new version of the novel was published under the title The Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by Matthew Bruccoli, a Fitzgerald scholar. This version was adapted for a stage production that premiered in Los Angeles, California in 1998. In 2013, HBO announced plans to produce an adaptation. HBO cancelled the project and gave the rights to Sony Pictures, who produced and released the television series on Amazon Studios in 2016.

Publication history

The novel was unfinished and in rough form at the time of Fitzgerald's death at age 44. The literary critic and writer Edmund Wilson, a close friend of Fitzgerald, collected the notes for the novel and edited it for publication. The unfinished novel was published in 1941 as The Last Tycoon, by which it is best known. Some regard this as Fitzgerald's masterpiece.

In 1993, another version of the novel was published under the title The Love of the Last Tycoon, as part of the Cambridge edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli, a Fitzgerald scholar. Bruccoli reworked the extant seventeen chapters of the thirty-one planned according to his interpretation of the author's notes.

Plot summary

According to Publishers Weekly, The Love of the Last Tycoon is "[g]enerally considered a roman à clef." Fitzgerald modeled his character Monroe Stahr on historic film producer Irving Thalberg. The story follows Stahr's rise to power in Hollywood, and his conflicts with rival Pat Brady, a character based on prominent studio head Louis B. Mayer.

Main characters

Point of view

Fitzgerald wrote the novel in a blend of first person and third-person omniscient narrative. While the story is ostensibly told by Cecelia, many scenes are narrated in which she is not present. Occasionally a scene will be presented twice, once through Cecelia and once through a third party.

Awards

The revised edition of The Love of The Last Tycoon won the Choice Outstanding Academic Books award of 1995.

Adaptations

Publication history

References

  1. J. Donald Adams (1941-11-09). "Scott Fitzgerald's Last Novel". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie. "Billy Ray Adapting F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'Last Tycoon' As HBO Drama Series". Deadline. Retrieved 20 November 2013.
  3. Selcke, Dan. 211588 "Amazon may pick up The Last Tycoon, a period drama that HBO turned down" Check |url= value (help). avclub.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  4. Franklin, Gareth. "Matt Bomer Is Amazon's "Last Tycoon"". DarkHorizons.com. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  5. The Last Tycoon at the Internet Movie Database
  6. "The Last Tycoon". Retrieved 20 June 2016.

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