![]() ![]() At the time, Hemingway, who had been working as a journalist, had only published a handful of stories and poems, a total of eighty-eight pages. Scott Fitzgerald played in that process.įitzgerald and Hemingway first met in April 1925. Subsequent letters would circulate between Hemingway, Fitzgerald and Perkins now allowing for a more complete view of the revision process and how Sun evolved into the novel it is today – as well as the important role F. ![]() In May 1926, Maxwell Perkins, the now infamous Scribner’s editor who worked with both Hemingway and Fitzgerald, wrote a letter to Charles Scribner explaining both his doubts and eventual acceptance of Hemingway’s first novel, The Sun Also Rises. I simply thought in the end that the balance was slightly in favor of acceptance, for all the worry general misery involved. Dear Charley – You wanted to know the decision on Hemingway: We took it, – with misgiving. ![]()
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