DASHkat F. Scott Fitzgerald
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- F. Scott Fitzgerald's full name is...
- Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
- F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on [date]...
- September 24, 1896
- F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in [city, state]...
- St. Paul, Minnesota
- F. Scott Fitzgerald is the second cousin three times removed of [person]...
- Francis Scott Key, the author of the National Anthem of the USA
- F. Scott Fitzgerald's father's name was...
- Edward Fitzgerald
- F. Scott's Fitgerald's mother's name was...
- Mary (Mollie) McQuillan
- F. Scott Fitzgerald's father was from [state]...
- Maryland
- F. Scott's Fitgerald's mother's was the daughter of a(n) [nationality] immigrant.
- Irish
- Both of F. Scott Fitzgerald's parents were [religion name]...
- Catholics
- F. Scott Fitzgerald attended [public/private] schools.
- private
- In 1913, F. Scott Fitzgerald entered [university]...
- Princeton
- Edward Fitzgerald failed as a manufacturer of wicker furniture in St. Paul, and he became a salesman for Procter & Gamble in...[state]
- New York
- After F. Scott Fitzgerald's father was fired in 1908, the family moved back to St. Paul and lived off of...
- Mollie Fitzgerald's inheritance
- F. Scott Fitzgerald attended...[grammar school name]
- the St. Paul Academy
- his first writing to appear in print was a [kind of story] in the school newspaper when he was thirteen.
- detective story
- During 1911-1913 he attended [high school name], a Catholic prep school in New Jersey.
- the Newman School
- While in New Jersey at school, F. Scott Fitzgerald met Father [first and last name] who encouraged his ambitions for personal distinction and achievement.
- Sigourney Fay
- As a member of the [college class], F. Scott Fitzgerald neglected his studies for his literary apprenticeship.
- Princeton Class of 1917
- F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton [club name] musicals.
- Triangle Club
- F. Scott Fitzgerald was a contributor to the [magazine name] humor magazine and the [literary magazine name].
- "Princeton Tiger"; "Nassau Literary Magazine"
- His college friends included [American critic and author] and [contributor to American letters].
- Edmund Wilson; John Peale Bishop
- Fitzgerald's college friends included [American critic and author] and [contributor to American letters].
- Edmund Wilson; John Peale Bishop
- On academic probation and unlikely to graduate, Fitzgerald joined the army in [year]...
- 1917
- Fitzgerald was commissioned as a [army rank] in the infantry.
- second lieutenant
- Convinced that he would die in the war, Fitzgerald rapidly wrote his novel [novel name]...
- "The Romantic Egotist"
- In a letter of [acceptance/rejection] the publisher Charles Scribner’s Sons praised the novel’s originality.
- rejection
- In June 1918 Fitzgerald was assigned to Camp Sheridan, near [city, state]...
- Montgomery, Alabama
- While in Camp Sheradin, Fitzgerald fell in love with the celebrated 18-year-old belle [first and last name]...
- Zelda Sayre
- Zelda was the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court [Supreme Court position].
- judge
- Being in love with Zleda intensified Fitzgerald’s hopes for the success of his novel, but it was rejected by [publisher name] for a second time.
- Charles Scribner’s Sons
- The war ended just before Fitzgerald was to be sent overseas; after his discharge in 1919 he went to [city] to seek his fortune in order to marry Zelda.
- New York City
- Unwilling to wait while Fitzgerald succeeded in the advertisement business and live on his small salary, Zelda broke [not his heart]...
- their engagement
- Fitzgerald quit his job in July 1919 and returned to St. Paul to rewrite "The Romantic Egotist" as [novel name]...
- "This Side of Paradise"
- It was accepted by editor [first and last name] of Charles Scribner’s Sons.
- Maxwell Perkins
- "This Side of Paradise" is set mainly at [school name]...
- Princeton
- Fitzgerald described "This Side of Paradise" as a [kind of novel]...
- "quest novel"
- This Side of Paradise traces the career aspirations and love disappointments of [main character name].
- Amory Blaine
- Fitzgerald's new agent in 1919 was [first and last name]...
- Harold Ober
- In 1919, Fitzgerald interrupted work on his novels to write [not personal meaningful writing] for the rest of his life.
- popular moneymaking fiction
- [Newspaper name] became Fitzgerald’s best story market.
- "The Saturday Evening Post"
- Fitzgerald became known as a [related to his best story market] writer.
- "Post"
- Fitzgerald's early commercial stories about young love introduced a new character: the independent, determined young American woman who appeared in [short story name] and [short story name].
- "The Offshore Pirate"; "Bernice Bobs Her Hair."
- Fitzgerald’s more ambitious stories, such as "May Day" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz," were published in [magazine name], which had a small circulation.
- "The Smart Set"
- The publication of [novel name] on March 26, 1920, made the 24-year-old Fitzgerald famous almost overnight.
- "This Side of Paradise"
- A week after the extremely successful publication of "This Side of Paradise," Fitzgerald [did something he had wanted to do since being stationed in Camp Sheradin]...
- married Zelda Sayre
- Fitzgerald and his new wife embarked on a(n) [kind of lifestyle] as young celebrities.
- extravagant
- After marrying Zelda, Fitzgerald endeavored to earn a [kind of] reputation.
- solid literary
- However, Fitzgerald's [Hugh Hefner??] image impeded the proper assessment of his work.
- playboy
- After a riotous summer in Westport, Connecticut, the Fitzgeralds took an apartment in [city]...
- New York City
- While in New York City, Fitzgerald wrote his second novel, [novel name]...
- "The Beautiful and Damned"
- "The Beautiful and Damned" is a naturalistic chronicle of the dissipation of [husband and wife character names]...
- Anthony and Gloria Patch
- When Zelda Fitzgerald became pregnant they took their first trip to [continent] in 1921.
- Europe
- The Fitzgeralds settled in [town name] for the birth of their only child.
- St. Paul
- The name of the Fitzgeralds' only child was [full name]...
- Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald
- Fitzgerald's son was born in[month, year]...
- October 1921
- Fitzgerald expected to become very rich from his play, [play name]...
- "The Vegetable"
- In the fall of 1922 the Fitzgeralds moved to Great Neck, Long Island, in order to be near [place in New York]...
- Broadway
- "The Vegetable" was a political satire that was subtitled [subtitled play name]...
- "From President to Postman"
- "The Vegetable" [succeeded/failed] at its tryout in November 1923.
- failed
- Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with [type of literature]...
- short stories
- The distractions of Great Neck and New York prevented Fitzgerald from making progress on his [first, second, third, etc., literary work]...
- third novel
- During this time, Fitzgerald began to [destructive behaviour]...
- drink heavily
- Zelda Fitzgerald regularly drank but she was not a(n) [addict] like her husband.
- alcoholic
- Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald often had domestic fights triggered by [destructive behaviour]...
- drinking bouts
- [Opinion makers] were reluctant to give Fitzgerald full marks as a serious writer.
- Literary critics
- Fitzgerald's reputation as a drinker inspired the myth that he was a(n) [negative adjective] writer.
- irresponsible
- Fitzgerald was a painstaking reviser whose fiction went through layers of [practice versions]...
- drafts
- The chief theme of Fitzgerald’s work is the aspiration of the idealism he regarded as defining [Jay Gatsby]...
- American character
- As a social historian Fitzgerald became identified with the Age of [type of music]...
- Jazz
- Seeking tranquility for his work the Fitzgeralds went to [country] in the spring of 1924.
- France
- Fitzgerald wrote [novel name] during the summer and fall in Valescure near St. Raphael.
- "The Great Gatsby"
- The marriage between Fitzgerald and Zelda was damaged by her relationship with
- a French aviator
- In the late 1920's Fitzgerald tried his hand at
- filmmalking and was not successful
- Fitzgerald wrote short stories in Switzerland to pay for
- psychiatric treatment for Zelda
- Zelda Fitzgerald suffered a relapse in February 1932 and entered
- Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore