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Birth
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in U.S.Saint Paul, Minnesota. -
Drop out of college
He attended Princeton University but dropped out to join the United States Army during World War I. -
First novel
For his first novel, Fitzgerald used as his literary templates H. G. Wells' 1909 work Tono-Bungay and Sir Compton Mackenzie's 1913 novel Sinister Street, which chronicled a young college student's coming-of-age at Oxford University. -
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Achievements achieved during his successful period
He achieved temporary popular success and fortune -
Second novel
The Beautiful and Damned -
Third novel
The Great Gatsby -
Alcoholism
After a long struggle with alcoholism, he attained sobriety only to die of a heart attack -
Death
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New edition
A new edition was published as The Love of the Last Tycoon, edited by Matthew J. Bruccoli.