F. Scott Fitzgerald







F. Scott Fitzgerald

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born
September 24, 1896

died
December 21, 1940

gender
male

place of birth
St. Paul, Minnesota, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction

influences
John Keats, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton


about this author

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, born September 24, 1896, was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works have been seen as evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he himself allegedly coined. He is regarded as one of the greatest twentieth century writers. Fitzgerald was of the self-styled "Lost Generation," Americans born in the 1890s who came of age during World War I. He finished four novels, left a fifth unfinished, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth, despair, and age.

Born on Cathedral Hill in St. Paul, Minnesota, to an upper-middle class Irish Catholic household, Fitzgerald was named after his famous relative Francis Scott Key, but was referred to as 'Scott'. He spent 1898–1901 ...more




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The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 3.76 — 163,571 ratings — published 1925
220 editions
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Tender Is the Night Tender Is the Night
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 3.78 — 6,861 ratings — published 1934
62 editions
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This Side of Paradise This Side of Paradise
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 3.70 — 4,126 ratings — published 1920
81 editions
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The Beautiful and Damned The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 3.77 — 2,172 ratings — published 1922
92 editions
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The Curious Case Of Benjamin B... The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 3.38 — 1,731 ratings — published 1921
38 editions
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The Short Stories of F. Scott... The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 4.20 — 1,145 ratings — published 1925
2 editions
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The Love of the Last Tycoon The Love of the Last Tycoon
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 3.58 — 966 ratings — published 1941
26 editions
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Babylon Revisited and Other St... Babylon Revisited and Other Stories
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 4.01 — 658 ratings — published 1960
17 editions
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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz The Diamond as Big as the Ritz
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 4.02 — 436 ratings — published 1922
24 editions
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The Crack-Up The Crack-Up
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
avg rating 3.89 — 400 ratings — published 1964
4 editions
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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselssly into the past."
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"I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)
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"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."
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