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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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Huffington Post, May 7, 2013
...12th of Never (Women's Murder Club) James Patterson; Maxine Paetro Hachette $11.99 3. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Simon & Schuster $4.99 4. Damaged H.M. Ward Self-published $0.99 5. Whiskey Beach Nora Roberts Penguin $12.99 6. The Bet...
Manmade Mag, May 7, 2013
...won't break until Baz Luhrmann's new adaptation opens this week, but this fifth flick version of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel raises an interesting...
Mirror.co.uk, May 7, 2013
...Carey Mulligan with a Roaring 20s break. The indulgent package features an overnight stay, breakfast, a copy of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby book, two tickets to see the movie in Kensington, a £50 voucher to spend at perfumery Floris – with a...
Media Life Magazine, May 7, 2013
...receive a sales boost when a screen adaptation hits theaters, and that is proving true once again for F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic “The Great Gatsby.” The book is hot ahead of the May 10 release of a new movie version, which stars Leonardo...
Latino Review, May 7, 2013
...the movie when Nick is revealed as the narrator, but also in more subtle ways like replacing what F. Scott Fitzgerald was saying about money and using those same moments to talk more about fame. So some of the color symbolism everyone remembers from the...
Lemont Patch, May 7, 2013
...Wend St, Lemont, IL When: May 28, 2013 Time: 7:00 pm–8:30 pm The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald Discussion will be led by Library Director Sandra Pointon. Discover new books, broaden your horizons, and share your insights. Copies of the...
RogerEbert.com, May 6, 2013
...up and I know how eagerly Roger was awaiting “The Great Gatsby.” He has read the book by F. Scott Fitzgerald numerous times, even had Bill Nack recite the last page by memory at our wedding, but I don’t think he ever envisioned it in 3D and scored...
Guardian.co.uk, May 7, 2013
...won't break until Baz Luhrmann's new adaptation opens this week, but this fifth film version of F Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel raises an interesting question: what makes a good adaptation, anyway? Why does Stanley Kubrick's The Shining merit...
STLtoday.com, May 7, 2013
...singing his heart out about wearing a suit and tie), so this validation can't hurt.  Afterall F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the few classic authors to give a shout out to a clothing designer. He mentioned Brooks Brothers in two books, including “The...
Chicago Tribune, May 7, 2013
...its aspirations and crushing realities. Last week, the University of South Carolina posted online a digital version of F. Scott Fitzgerald's handwritten ledger, billing it as "one of the richest primary source documents in existence of any literary...
MCN, May 7, 2013
...s much-anticipated/much-dreaded The Great Gatsby is that, for all its computer-generated whoosh and overbroad acting, it is unmistakably F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. That is no small deal. The last major adaptation, in which a recessive...
British Vogue, May 7, 2013
...costumes for the long-awaited film version of The Great Gatsby, was not always a fan of the famed F Scott Fitzgerald novel. In fact, the film's director, Baz Luhrmann had to use his persuasive skills to convince the designer to forget her initial...
Huffington Post, May 7, 2013
...would be to forget there was ever a book behind it. Surprisingly, the film is more attached to F. Scott Fitzgerald than I expected, and that turns out to be its downfall. As he showed in Moulin Rouge, Luhrmann is a visionary, but his vision here is...
Huffington Post, May 7, 2013
...12th of Never (Women's Murder Club) James Patterson; Maxine Paetro Hachette $11.99 3. The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald Simon & Schuster $4.99 4. Damaged H.M. Ward Self-published $0.99 5. Whiskey Beach Nora Roberts Penguin $12.99 6. The Bet...