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F. Scott Fitzgerald Background Research

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  • 1918 BCE

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was assigned to camp Sheridan Montgomery, Alabama

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was assigned to camp Sheridan Montgomery, Alabama
    F. Scott Fitzgerald was assigned to camp Sheridan Montgomery Alabama, where he met Zelda sayre, which was the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court Judge.
  • 1917 BCE

    F. Scott Fitzgerald Joined the army

    F. Scott Fitzgerald Joined the army
    Because of his failure as a student, he put on academic probation, which motivated him to join the army in 1917.
  • 1896 BCE

    F. Scott Fitzgerald Birth

    F. Scott Fitzgerald Birth
    F. Scott Fitzgerald Got born on September 24th 1896in St. Paul.
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his first novel

    F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his first novel
    Shortly after joining the army F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote his first novel, “ The Romantic Egotist” but it was rejected by Charles Scribners Sons.
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald got discharged from the army

    F. Scott Fitzgerald got discharged from the army
    In 1919 F. Scott Fitzgerald got discharged from the army, he went to New York city to seek his fortune in order to marry Zelda.
  • Zelda Sayre broke off the engagement

    Zelda Sayre broke off the engagement
    Zelda broke off the engagement after not wanting to live off his small salary.
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald quit his job

    F. Scott Fitzgerald quit his job
    F. Scott Fitzgerald quit his job in July 1919.
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald returned to St. Paul

    F. Scott Fitzgerald returned to St. Paul to rewrite his as “The Side of Paradise”, which is set mainly at Princeton and follows the life of Amory Blaine.
  • “The side of paradise” novel got accepted

    “The side of paradise” novel got accepted
    The novel was accepted by editor Maxwell Perkins of Scribners.
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald officially commenced his career as a writer of stories for the mass circulation magazines.

    Near the end of 1919 he officially commenced his Carter as a writer of stories for the mass circulation magazines, as The Saturday Evening Post, which would become his best story market.
  • Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre got married in New York.

    A week after “This Side of Paradise” was published in 1920 Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre we’re married in New York.
  • The Fitzgeralds moved to New York City

    The Fitzgerald’s moved to New York City and F Scott wrote his second novel.
  • Zelda Fitzgerald became pregnant

    Zelda Fitzgerald became pregnant a year after their marriage, which motivated the couple to return to St. Paul for the birth of their only child, Francis Scott Fitzgerald in October of 1921.
  • Fitzgeralds moved to Great Neck Long Island

    In the fall of 1922, they moved to Great Neck Long Island in order to be near Broadway because Fitzgerald had written a play called “The Vegetable”. The play failed at its tryout and Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with short stories.
  • The Fitzgeralds went to France in the spring of 1924

    The Fitzgeralds went to France in the spring of 1924 where “The great Gatsby was written.