Book Titles

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You can't judge a book by its cover, goes the old saw, and you certainly can't judge it by it's original title.

Consider these three beauties,

Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson was almost called “The Sea Cook”

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald was almost called “The High-Bouncing Lover”

Death of a Salesmen by Arthur Miller was almost called “The Inside of his Head”

 

So the next time you're bemoaning your chosen title, take heart that many a master before you has also stumbled, only to find fresh inspiration just as the printing presses started rolling.

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