F.Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Writers aren’t exactly people, they’re a whole lot of people trying to be one person.- F. Scott Fitzgerald
The outstanding dominations on F. Scott Fitzgerald were ambition, literature, Princeton, Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, and alcohol.
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on Sept. 24, 1896.
During 1911-1913 he attended the Newman School, a Catholic prep [...]

Written by vorsta on November 13, 2009

The Love of the Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Hollywood is ugly, dangerous – and completely magical. No one captured this better than F. Scott Fitzgerald.
“He wrote two very good books,” Hemingway said about F.Scott Fitzgerald in his own memoir A Moveable Feast, “and one which was not completed which those who know his writing best say would have been very good.”
Fitzgerald passed away [...]

Written by vorsta on November 13, 2009

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Fitzgerald was aiming to show the American dream, with all of its grandness and all of its faults, through the life of Nick and Gatsby. After all the extravagant parties, Nick explains how“an extra gardener toiled all day…repairing the ravages of the night before.” Nick also points out that “five crates of oranges and lemons [...]

Written by vorsta on November 13, 2009