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F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born

  • Joins the army

    Joins the army
    Due to his failure as a student, he was put on academic probation. Motivating him to become a soilder.
  • assigned to camp sheridan

    Here he met Zelda Sayer
  • Discharged from the army

  • Quits his job

    To rewrite his novel "This Side of Paradise"
  • This Side of Paradise is accepted by editor

  • Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayer get married

    Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayer get married
  • Zelda gets pregnant

    Motivates the couple to move back to St. Paul
  • Francis Scott Fitzgerald is born

    Francis Scott Fitzgerald is born
  • Fitzgaralds move to Greatneck Long Island

  • Fitzgeralds move to France

    Fitzgeralds move to France
    this is where the Great Gatsby was written
  • Fitzgeralds move back to America

  • Fitzgeralds move back to Paris

    Ballet training damaged Zelda's health
  • Fitzgeralds move back to America again

    Zelda relapses and goes away again
  • Fitzgerald completes Tender is the Night

    Fitzgerald completes Tender is the Night