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Date of Birth
September 24, 1896 -
Attends College
Scott enters Princeton University with the class of 1916. -
Writes his first novel
While in the trenched he decides to write his first novel The Romantic Egoists -
Scott and Zelda meet
They meet at a county club dance in Montgomery. -
Discharged from Army
The Great War has ended and Scott is discharged from the army. He finds employment in New York City at an advertising agency. -
Marriage accepted
When This Side of Paradise is accepted by Scribner’s, Zelda accepts Scott’s proposal of marriage. -
Zelda writes to Scott
Zelda writes to Scott about an afternoon she spends in Oakwood Cemetery. He attributes her musings to Amory Blaine, his novel’s Protagonist -
Marriage proposal
He makes three visits to Montgomery, penniless and unpublished. When he proposes marriage, Zelda declines. -
They are famous
A week before their wedding, Scott’s first novel, This Side of Paradise, is published to instant acclaim -
First Collection is Published
Scott publishes his first collection of short stories, Flappers and Philosophers -
First Novel Published
A week before their wedding, Scott’s first novel, This Side of Paradise, is published to instant acclaim -
Honeymoon
Scott and Zelda travel to Europe before the birth of their baby. -
Second Short-Stories Published
Scott publishes Tales Of The Jazz Age, his second collection of short stories. He also writes a play, The Vegetable, that flops when it opens in Atlantic City -
Settlement
The family settles on Long Island where Scott observes the privileged through his moral mid-western lens. Here he conceives The Great Gatsby -
Writing of Great Gatasby
The Fitzgeralds rent the Villa Marie in Saint-Raphaël on the French Riviera. Scott writes The Great Gatsby