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Born
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul Minnesota. -
Princeton university
He went to Princeton but was put an Academic probation because he only focused on his writing -
Army
When he left Princeton he joined the army -
First novel
When he wrote his first novel it was rejected by Scribner publishers but then he re wrote it and it was called and it was excepted -
Marriage
He married Zelda, he married her in NYC then moved to NYC -
Children
He had his first and only child her name was Francis -
Second novel
After he moved in New York City he wrote his second novel of the beautiful and Damned -
Moving
Him and his family moved to France -
The great Gatsby
He completes writing the great Gatsby while in France -
Zelda
Zelda suffers a mental break down which makes Fitzgerald start to drink -
Zeldas first navel
Zelda publishers her first and only novel called save me the waltz and it’s based on their marriage -
Zelda second breakdown
Zelda suffers her second mental breakdown which she never fully recovers from -
Fitzgerald‘s final novel
Fitzgerald the last completed novel tender in the night is published but is commercial unsuccessful -
Screen writer
Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood it becomes a screenwriter -
Death
Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack -
The great Gatsby resurgence
In the 50s after a critic reads the great Gatsby a resurgence of people reading the book comes and it becomes very successful