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On September 24, 1896, Francis Scott Fitzgerald is born in Minnesota. -
In 1913, Fitzgerald attends Princeton as a part of the class of 1916
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While in the trench warfare in Europe, fully expecting to die, Fitzgerald wrote his first novel titled “The Romantic Egoists”
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In 1919, Scott is finally released from the army, then finding new employment in New York, working in advertising.
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Scott proposes to his girlfriend, Zelda. She declines. -
After one of Scott’s novels finally gets accepted and released, Zelda changes her mind and says yes to the proposal. -
After Scott’s first novel “The Side of Paradise” is fully published, Scott and Zelda become celebrities overnight -
Scott only months later publishes his first collection of small, short stories. These are named “Flappers and Philosophers” -
Right before the birth of their baby, Scott and Zelda travel to Europe
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Scott and his family move and settle in Long Island, New York. This is when he starts to think of writing “The Great Gatsby”
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Scott publishes “Tales Of The Jazz Age”
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The Fitzgeralds move from France to Rome, where they end up and Scott finishes up “The Great Gatsby”
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The Fitzgeralds vacation to France to escape from prohibition laws
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While in France, Scott finally writes the now world renowned “The Great Gatsby”
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The Great Gatsby is finally published and the reviews and sales are flooding through. At first, the sales were not great, but then eventually they did get better.
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Scott dies suddenly of a heart attack at 44 years old. His legacy consists of 5 novels and 170 short stories which continue to be enjoyed worldwide.