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Born
In St Paul Minnesota on September 24th 1896 -
Scott Fitzgerald publishes his first story
His story is published in the school newspaper at St Paul Academy -
Scott Fitzgerald attended Princeton
He wrote musicals and published pieces in the Princeton magazine -
Scott Fitzgerald joins the army
His academics suffered so Scott had to drop out after 3 years and join the army -
Met his wife
Scott Fitzgerald met his wife, because he was stationed at Camp Sheridan, Zelda refused to commit to a relationship until she was sure he had enough money to support her -
Scott Fitzgerald was discharged from the army
He moved to New York City after being discharged from the army -
Publishes his first novel
The novel known as ‘This Side of Paradise’. It was a bestseller immediately and he became incredibly wealthy -
He asks Zelda to marry him
Only a week after publishing the book, he felt comfortable to ask Zelda to marry him -
Sold over 50,000 copies
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Fitzgerald moved to France
He did so to try and spark his creativity -
The Great Gatsby is published
This is deemed his greatest work -
Tender is the night
Another one of Fitzgerald’s novels -
Fitzgerald became less and less successful
He went to Hollywood to write screenplays -
He just wanted to make money quick
This was because he wanted to focus on writing novels -
The Last Tycoon
When Fitzgerald was halfway done with writing it he passed away due to a heart attack