Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940)
Perhaps because so much of his writing is autobiographical, F. Scott Fitzgerald is as famous for his personal life as he is for his writing. In his career as a writer,...
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6f. Scott Fitzgerald
Excerpt from The Great GatsbyPublished in 1925
Although F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) is now considered one of the most important figures in twentieth-century American li...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Born September 24, 1896 (St. Paul, Minnesota)Died December 21, 1940 (Los Angeles, California)
Novelist and short story writer
F. Scott Fitzgerald was probably the most gifted and i...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald died on the afternoon of December 21, 1940, suffering a fatal heart attack as he was finishing a chocolate bar--one of his placebos for the alcohol that had ravaged both his talent...
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The American author Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940), a legendary figure of the 1920s, was a scrupulous artist, a graceful stylist, and an exceptional craftsman. His tragic life was an ironic ...
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An air of transience pervades the biographies of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald and slips into their writing. This lack of permanence is a key to understanding their relationship with ...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald was a writer very much of his own time. As Malcolm Cowley once put it, he lived in a room full of clocks and calendars. The years ticked away while he noted the songs, the shows, ...
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Although for the general reader F. Scott Fitzgerald 's fame rests primarily on one novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), his creative life, from youth to early death, found full expression in some 160 shor...
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Biography EssayF. Scott Fitzgerald was a writer very much of his own time. As Malcolm Cowley once put it, he lived in a room full of clocks and calendars. The years ticked away while he noted the song...
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The 1920s marked a new time in American called the "Jazz Age." One of the most famous writers of this period was F. Scott Fitzgerald who was known for his novels and short stories that all seemed t...
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F. Scott Fitzgerald uses similar themes and symbolism in his short stories and books. Relationships between men and women encircle the stories, creating illusions of love. The characters in The Gre...
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A woman letting a man know that he needs to be wealthy in order for their relationship to work is not only harsh but in fact preposterous. Having a wealthy man to live the rest of their lives with was...
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F.SCOTT FITZGERALD
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His father, Edward, was an aristocrat and his mother, Mary (Mollie) McQuillan, hailed from wo...
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