F. Scott Fitzgerald time line

  • born

    on september 24 1896, F.Scott Firtgerald was born.
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald life

  • He went to Princeton

    He was apart of the 1917 class of Princeton.
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald joined the army

    after F, Scott Fitzgerald failed his classes, he decided that he wanted to join the army.
  • wrote his second novel

    In 1919, Fitzgerald decided to quit his job to do what he liked. he ended up writing "this Side Of Paradise".
  • Fitzgerald gets married

    After "this Side of Paradise" was published, Zelda probably came running after Fitzgerald and ended up marring him.
  • wrote a play that failed

    in 1922 Fitzgerald moved to broad way to tryout his play called "The Vegetable", which ended up failing.
  • wrote "The Great Gadsby"

    after moving to France Fitzgerald wrote "The Great Gadsby".
  • Moved back to America

    Fitzgerald moved back with his family back to America, they rented a mansion in Delaware.
  • moved to Paris

    After living in the Delaware Mansion for 2 solid years the family decided it was time to move to Paris.
  • moved to America again

    Shortly after they moved to America Zelda, Fitzgerald's wife had another Breakdown
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald writes "Tender is The Night"

    In 1934 Fitzgerald writes a novel that showed Zelda and his marriage being destroyed by the breakdowns she's been having.
  • Fitzgerald turns to Alcohol

    In the period 1936-1937 Fitzgerald doesn't get much done, his stories aren't going well and he is a drunk.
  • moved to hollywood

    Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood alone leaving his family to work for MGM.
  • Became a freelance script writer

    In 1938 Fitzgerald began working for Esquire as a freelance script writer.
  • died

    after writing "the Love Of The Last Tycoon" for 2 years he was about half way done with the draft before he died from a heart attack in 1940.