The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The fourth novel, Tender is the Night, was not published until 1934. In the late 1920s, Fitzgerald started working on a fourth novel, but problems arose when Zelda’s mental health got worse. He and Zelda spent a lot of money on parties and Fitzgerald had to try and make money by writing short stories. It is generally accepted, however, that Zelda had a big influence on Fitzgerald’s writing.įitzgerald’s other novels did not sell as well as his first novel while he was alive. Hemingway said that Zelda was insane, made Fitzgerald drink alcohol and that she did not allow him to do his best work.

They became good friends, but Hemingway did not like Fitzgerald’s wife, Zelda. It was around this time that Fitzgerald first met Ernest Hemingway. Fitzgerald travelled a lot at this time – mainly to France, where he met a number of other Americans who had left the United States. On October 26, 1921, their daughter Frances Scott Fitzgerald was born.įitzgerald’s most famous book, The Great Gatsby, was first sold in 1925. This Side of Paradise was published in 1920 and was very popular.

This Side of Paradise was finally accepted by Charles Scriber’s Sons in late 1919 and Zelda and Fitzgerald got engaged again. Paul and worked on his first novel This Side of Paradise. Fitzgerald went back to his parent’s home in St. Zelda did not think that Fitzgerald’s job was good enough and she broke off their engagement. He moved into an apartment on Lexington Avenue in New York where he wrote short stories and worked in advertising. įitzgerald got engaged to Zelda Sayre in 1919. Fitzgerald left Princeton University to serve in the United States Navy in World War One, but the war ended shortly after he signed up. The editor liked Fitzgerald’s writing, but did not publish the book. While he was at Princeton, Fitzgerald wrote for a musical-comedy club at the university which led to him sending a novel off to a book publishing company, Charles Scribner’s Sons. Fitzgerald went to another school in New Jersey and eventually went to Princeton University in 1913. Paul Academy, but was thrown out of the school when he was aged 16 for not working hard enough. When his father lost his job, the Fitzgerald family returned to Minnesota.

He briefly went to the Nardin Academy – a private Roman Catholic school in Western New York. He is remembered mostly for his novel The Great Gatsby, and for being one of the main members of the Lost Generation.įitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald ( SeptemDecember 21, 1940) was an Irish American writer.

The St. Paul Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald