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The very first day Scott entered the world.
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Mr. Fitzgerald attends Princeton University. Class of 1917.
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One story in his second collection is Tales Of The Jazz Age. He also writes a play called The Vegetable.
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Scott makes final revisions to The Great Gatsby in Rome. Zelda begins taking painting lessons on the Island of Capri.
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The Fitzgeralds rent the Villa Marie in Saint-Raphaël on the French Riviera. Scott writes The Great Gatsby.
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The family travels through France and settles in Paris. They will spend their lives in hotels and rentals, never owning a home.
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Although it's well known now. Sales while recent publication weren't good.
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Fitzgerald and his family return to America and settle down. They buy a property in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Scott and his family soon move back to France. During this time, is invited to dance Aida with the Royal Ballet of Italy, an offer she doesn't accept,
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During this time the only main income for the family is smaller fees for Scott's short story collections. The family stays through it together and no divorce took place.
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While in Baltimore, Zelda completes her novel, Save Me The Waltz. Before it is published, Scott and Zelda dispute their rights to their shared autobiographical material.
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Scott accepts work as a screenwriter for Metro Goldwyn Mayer in Hollywood, hoping this will be his Second Act.
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Zelda's last glimpse of Scott is when they take a brief trip to Cuba. It is a difficult trip but their love endures.
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Dec 21, 1940 Scott dies suddenly of a heart attack, age 44. Still the bench mark for talent and elegant prose, Scott’s literary legacy includes 5 novels and 170 short stories which are enjoyed the world over. The Last Tycoon, Scott’s unfinished novel about Hollywood, is published posthumously, in 1941.
