A Brief Biography Of F. Scott Fitzgerald

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F. Scott Fitzgerald is considered today as one of the greatest authors in American history. In fact, he is named after Francis Scott Key, who wrote the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner. Francis Scott Key was a distant relative of Fitzgerald's, so writing must have been in his blood from birth. Being such a renowned author, he had his glory days. Although, not everyone would guess that he died believing himself a failure. Best known for his novel The Great Gatsby, which chronicled the 1920s in America, and also became a present day required read for high-school students (as many would know).
He depicted this era, as he crowned the term "The Jazz Age", as a time of ambition, extravagance, and wealth. He and his wife Zelda lived a life of prestige and luxury for nearly the entire decade. However, he also suffered from years of toil. Fitzgerald became a raging alcoholic, while Zelda was riddled with mental health issues. This alone was difficult for him to deal with. What made Fitzgerald believe he failed was that he received very little recognition from literary community. Only his earlier works such as This Side of Paradise, and Tender is the Night were the most recognized and most liked of his work. It was not until the publishing of the The Great Gatsby that Fitzgerald's life went downhill.
Convinced that the novel would be his most successful, he was extremely disappointed that the novel received heavy criticism and ultimately failed during his lifetime. Losing money, he then turned to alcohol as a source of comfort where he had no one. At the age of 44, F. Scott Fitzgerald died. At his funeral, his friend Dorothy Parker quoted the famous line from The Great Gatsby: "The poor son of a bitch," while in a mournful sorrow. His...

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...a Patch. When Zelda Fitzgerald became pregnant they took their first trip to Europe in 1921 and then settled in St. Paul for the birth of their only child, Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald, who was born in October 1921.
The Fitzgeralds expected to become affluent from his play, The Vegetable. In the fall of 1922 they moved to Great Neck, Long Island, in order to be near Broadway. The political satireòsubtitled “From President to Postman”òfailed at its tryout in November 1923, and Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with short stories. The distractions of Great Neck and New York prevented Fitzgerald from making progress on his third novel. During this time his drinking increased. He was an alcoholic, but he wrote sober. Zelda Fitzgerald regularly got “tight,” but she was not an alcoholic. There were frequent domestic rows, usually triggered by drinking bouts.

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