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 by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 3.75 — 214,042 ratings — published 1922 233 editions |
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Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 3.76 — 8,126 ratings — published 1934 76 editions |
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This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 3.69 — 4,800 ratings — published 1920 89 editions |
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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 3.76 — 2,445 ratings — published 1922 94 editions |
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The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 3.37 — 2,291 ratings — published 1921 50 editions |
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The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 4.18 — 1,281 ratings — published 1925 9 editions |
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The Love of the Last Tycoon by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 3.58 — 1,078 ratings — published 1941 26 editions |
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Babylon Revisited and Other Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 4.00 — 705 ratings — published 1960 15 editions |
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The Diamond as Big as the Ritz by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 3.99 — 510 ratings — published 1922 27 editions |
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The Crack-Up by F. Scott Fitzgerald avg rating 3.89 — 444 ratings — published 1964 4 editions |
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"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselssly into the past."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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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)
— F. Scott Fitzgerald (The Great Gatsby)
"Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke."
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
— F. Scott Fitzgerald
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