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F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, attended Princeton University, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and the couple divided their time among New York, Paris, and the Riviera, becoming a part of the American expatriate circle that included Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos. Fitzgerald was a major new literary voice, and his masterpieces include The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of forty-four, while working on The Love of the Last Tycoon. For his sharp social insight and... Read full bio

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The al fresco Kevin Sylvester
Globe and Mail, May 11, 2012
...into the cedar. We sit in a little nook among the ferns, lilies, blackberry bushes and tomato plants. F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kate Beaton and Arthur Slade have joined us recently in sunshine, fresh air and cool breeze. (Craig Thompsons epic graphic novel...
Abbott does not speak our language
Brisbane Times, May 11, 2012
...and tried to swipe the screen. Janet Johnson Rivett (ACT) There are no second acts in American lives, F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote. Could the same be true for Australians? Or is redemption a central part of the Australian story, one not to be tossed aside?...
Furthermore
Journal-Gazette, May 11, 2012
...wealthy, languorous people of Long Island and their ostentatious displays of wealth. The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the chronicler of Americas jazz age, and was published in 1925. The book was not widely regarded as a classic of...
The 6th Floor Blog: Books We Let Others Think We've Read
New York Times, May 10, 2012
...finish it, but I have left that detail out in certain conversations.? ?The Great Gatsby,? by F. Scott Fitzgerald.� ?I actually lived in Great Neck, Long Island, for several years, often passing Gatsby Lane. It?s embarrassing because the book is a...
The Books We Lie About
New York Times, May 10, 2012
...finish it, but I have left that detail out in certain conversations." "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald. "I actually lived in Great Neck, Long Island, for several years, often passing Gatsby Lane. It’s embarrassing because the book is a...
'Godfather' prequel, book writing as reality TV?
USA Today, May 7, 2012
...show?" in a surprisingly detailed pitch. --'Great Gatsby' mansion sells: The mid-19th-century estate said to have been F. Scott Fitzgerald's inspiration for the West Egg mansion in The Great Gatsby has sold, Newsday reports. The Kings Point, Long Island,...
Book buzz: 'Godfather' prequel
USA Today, May 7, 2012
...show?" in a surprisingly detailed pitch. --'Great Gatsby' mansion sells: The mid-19th-century estate said to have been F. Scott Fitzgerald's inspiration for the West Egg mansion in The Great Gatsby has sold, Newsday reports. The Kings Point, Long Island,...
Bookcase
Halesowen News, March 3, 2012
...appeal to fans of a certain kind of American literary fiction. There are hints of Jonathan Franzen and F Scott Fitzgerald and a definite whiff of a New Yorker short story, while Herman Melville features so prominently he is almost a player in the drama....
Movie review: Lovely ‘Rita’ animated by music
New England Arts, March 3, 2012
...of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. But instead of literary titans like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, we make time with Cuban jazz greats like Tito Puente and Chano Pozo. The likes of Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie...
Movie review: Lovely 'Rita' animated by music
New England Arts, March 3, 2012
...of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. But instead of literary titans like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, we make time with Cuban jazz greats like Tito Puente and Chano Pozo. The likes of Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie...
My holidays
Irish Times, March 3, 2012
...to do. Your recommended holiday reading? The last book I read on holidays was The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald and I found it a really easy, good read. Shortly afterwards it was made into a film starring Leonardo di Caprio but the Gatsby I had...
Volumes are Booming at Certain Shops
National Mortgage News, March 2, 2012
...was recently in Rome, watching the Cardinals play spring ball... “There are no second acts in American life,” F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. But F. Scott never worked in mortgage banking. It appears that PennyMac and Stan Kurland are doing just...
Movie review: 'Chico & Rita' marries dazzling animation to the music of the '40s
Oak Ridger, March 2, 2012
...of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century. But instead of literary titans like Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, we make time with Cuban jazz greats like Tito Puente and Chano Pozo. The likes of Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie...
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Mortgage Servicing News, March 2, 2012
...was recently in Rome, watching the Cardinals play spring ball... “There are no second acts in American life,” F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. But F. Scott never worked in mortgage banking. It appears that PennyMac and Stan Kurland are doing just...