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TIL that 'The Great Gatsby' (novel) was originally titled 'Trimalchio in West Egg' by F. Scott Fitzgerald when it was first published. Trimalchio is a wealthy and extravagant character in 'Satyricon' (latin work believed to have been written in 1 CE) by Gaius Petronius.

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