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Was born Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald: book
Was born in St. Paul Minnesota: book
Born into a family with high social aspirations, but little money.: book
Entered Princeton University in 1913.: book
"This Side of Paradise" (1920): book
Was in the army: book
Married Zelda Sayre- a southern belle: book
Travelled in NY and Europe: book
Spent his money recklessly: book
"The Great Gatsby" (1925): book
The Novel emphasized Fitzgeralds love for wealth.: book
Was writing a novel "The Last Tycoon" when he died of a heart attack in 1940.: book
Zelda had mental illnesses: book
He produced short stories: book
He publshed "Tender is the Night" (1934): book
"Tender is the Night" reflects Fitzgerald's growing awarenedd of the tradgedy that can result from an obsession with wealth and social status.: book
Born on September 24, 1896.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Both of Fitzgerald's parents were Catholic.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
During 1911-1913 he attended the Newman School, a Catholic prep school in New Jersey, where he met Father Sigourney Fay, who encouraged his ambitions for personal distinction and achievement.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Frances Scott (Scottie) Fitzgerald, who was born in October 1921.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Fitzgerald was an alcoholic, but he always wrote sober.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Zelda had an affair with a French avaitor.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
In 1928, Zelda decided to become a ballerina.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
F. Scott Fitzgerald died believing himself a failure.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
By 1960, he had achieved a secure place among America's writers.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Winter Dreams was Fitzgerald's rough draft for The Great Gatsby.: Mrs. Pfenning
Zelda was 48 when she died: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fsfitzg.htm
Fitzgerald's ancestry was Southern and Irish descent: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fsfitzg.htm
He was given 3 names like Francis Scott Key, the writer of the star spangled banner, to whom Fitzgerald was distantly related.: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fsfitzg.htm
Fitzgerald began writing at St. Paul Academy.: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fsfitzg.htm
He left his studies in 1917 because of his poor academic records, and took up a commission in the US Army.: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fsfitzg.htm
His first writing to appear in print was a detective story in the school newspaper when he was thirteen.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Between 1911-1913 he attended Newman School, a Catholic prep school in New Jersey.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
After joining the army he was promoted to luitenant.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
The Saturday Evening Post became Fitzgeraldâ€™s best story market, and he was regarded as a â€œPost writer.â€: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is best known for his novels and short stories which chronicle the excesses of America's 'Jazz Age' during the 1920s: http://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald/
His father, Edward, was from Maryland, with an allegiance to the Old South and its values.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Fitzgeraldâ€™s mother, Mary (Mollie) McQuillan, was the daughter of an Irish immigrant who became wealthy as a wholesale grocer in St. Paul.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
The family was Catholic.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Edward Fitzgerald failed as a manufacturer of wicker furniture in St. Paul, he became a salesman for Procter & Gamble in upstate New York.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
After Fitzgerald's father was dismissed in 1908, when his son was twelve, the family returned to St. Paul and lived comfortably on Mollie Fitzgeraldâ€™s inheritance.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Fitzgerald's forst writing to appear in print was when he was 13.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Father Sigourney Fay. encouraged Fitzgerald to persue his writing career.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Fitzgerald was a member of the Princeton clas of 1917, but he often neglected his studies for his literary apprenticeship.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Wrote the scripts and lyrics for the Princeton Triangle Club musicals and was a contributor to the Princeton Tiger humor magazine and the Nassau Literary Magazine.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Fitzgerald was put on academic probation until graduation: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
While on probation he was commissoned as 2nd Luitenant in the army: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
June 1918, Fitzgerald was assigned to camp Sheridan in Montgomery Alabama: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
At Camp Sheridan he met Zelda Sayre and fell in love with her: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Zelda was the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court Justice: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
She didn't want to marry Fitzgerald because he didn't have money.: Inferred
The war ended as Fitzgerald was about to be sent overseas: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
In 1919, he went to New York City to seek his fortune in order to marry Zelda.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Zelda didn't want to wait while Fitzgerald made his fortune so she broke off the engagement.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
This Side of Paradise- 1919: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Career aspirations and love dissappointments of Amory Blaine: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
This Side of Paradise- portrays Zelda and Fitzgerald: inferred
Fitzgerlad was published in the Saturday Evening Post and became regarded as a "Post" writer: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
After This Side of Paradise was published Fitzgerald became famous overnight.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Zelda married him a week later: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Zelda became pregnant on their 1st trip to Europe in 1921: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with short stories: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Fitzgerald was an alcoholic, but claims he always wrote sober.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Fitzgerlad and Zelda often had fights, which were usually brought upon by their drinking.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
He wrote The Great Gatsby during the summer and fall in Valescure near St. Raphael, but their marriage was damaged by Zeldaâ€™s involvement with a French naval aviator.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html
Sales of The Great Gatsby were disappointing, but play and movie rights brought in additional income.: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html

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