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F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous author from the 20th Century that only published four novels before his death. And yet, scholars hail him as one of America’s greatest writers, best known for exploring the flamboyance of the jazz age.

Born in 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald’s father was Edward Fitzgerald. He ran a wicker furniture business for a while. When it failed, Edward became a Procter and Gamble salesman.

The author’s mother was Mary McQuillan, the daughter of a relatively well-off Irish-Catholic family of wholesale grocers. Fitzgerald and his mother made frequent trips between Buffalo and Syracuse because of his father’s job.

They only settled down in St. Paul when Edward lost the Procter and Gamble job. Mary’s inheritance kept them afloat.

Fitzgerald was blessed with good looks and intelligence, two attributes that earned the boy the adoration of his parents. Mary was particularly fond of the author. The boy did not waste his potential.

A former student at St. Paul Academy, he was thirteen when his first story appeared in a school newspaper. At fifteen, he joined the Newman School and found an admirer in Father Sigourney Fay, who pushed him to pursue his gift.

Fitzgerald joined Princeton University following his graduation from the Newman school. The author was determined to hone his craft, an objective he achieved by contributing scripts to the Triangle Club’s musicals. He also wrote for publications like the Princeton Tiger and the Nassau Literary Magazine.

But the author was sacrificing his coursework to write stories. Many people thought a stint on academic probation would force him to reorganize his priorities. Some of them were surprised when he abandoned the University for the U.S. Army.

But the thought of dying in WWI before achieving his literary goals scared Fitzgerald, which is why he wrote ‘The Romantic Egotist’ before reporting for duty.

Since the novel was hastily written, the manuscript was rejected. However, the publisher in question encouraged the author to make more submissions because of the originality and potential they noticed in ‘The Romantic Egotist.’

The author never saw combat. The war ended before his superiors could deploy him. Fitzgerald tried to earn a living in advertising after leaving the army, but he left the field after a few months to focus on his stories.

He was 24 when ‘This Side of Paradise’ came out and turned him into a literary sensation. He used the celebrity status that came with the glowing critic reviews to pursue a lavish lifestyle.

Before long, the author was making enough money from his short stories to survive and thrive as a full-time writer. But his wife Zelda was struggling because of the mental issues that plagued her. The trips to France did little to improve her situation.

The schizophrenia diagnosis came after a breakdown in 1930. Zelda became a frequent guest at several mental health centers in the years preceding her death.

For his part, alcoholism, depression, and writer’s block destroyed Fitzgerald’s career. But the author’s situation improved when he fled to Hollywood and reinvented himself as a screenwriter.

F. Scott. Fitzgerald Books into Movies

‘The Beautiful and Damned,’ ‘The Last Tycoon,’ ‘Tender Is The Night,’ and ‘The Great Gatsby’ received live-action movie adaptations.

Best F. Scott Fitzgerald Books

The author reached the height of his success posthumously. ‘The Great Gatsby’ only became a celebrated hit after his death. Fitzgerald’s best books include:

The Great Gatsby: The Great Gatsby chronicles the life of an incredibly wealthy man (Jay Gatsby). The narrator, Nick Carraway, looks at the fabulous parties Jay attended on Long Island following the Great War and the lies, sex, and corruption he navigated.

Tender Is The Night: Dick and Nicole have it. The couple is good-looking and rich. They walk in privileged circles, enjoying the kinds of luxuries most people can only dream of. But things are not quite what they seem. This becomes obvious to Rosemary Hoyt once she takes an interest in the couple.

Initially, Rosemary is infatuated with Dick. The brilliant psychiatrist has everything the young actress wants. But it soon becomes clear that Dick is not just Nicole’s husband. He’s also her doctor, doing what he can to keep her mental neuroses under control.

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife was struggling with homicidal and suicidal tendencies because of the mental issues that plagued her while the author was writing this book.

When Does The Next F. Scott Fitzgerald book come out?

F. Scott Fitzgerald doesn't seem to have an upcoming book. Their newest book is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Stories and was released on March, 18th 2020. It is the newest book in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Collections.

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