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Dear Scott, dearest Zelda the love letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald

In Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda, over three hundred letters of their collected love letters show why Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years, through the highs and lows of his literary success and alcoholism, and her mental illness, and has long been h...

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Main Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 (Author)
Other Authors: Barks, Kathy W. (Editor), Bryer, Jackson R. (Editor), Lanahan, Eleanor (Writer of introduction)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019.
Edition:Trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott > (Francis Scott), > 1896-1940 > Correspondence.
Fitzgerald, Zelda, > 1900-1948 > Correspondence.
Authors' spouses > United States > Correspondence.
Authors, American > 20th century > Correspondence.
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Summary:In Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda, over three hundred letters of their collected love letters show why Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years, through the highs and lows of his literary success and alcoholism, and her mental illness, and has long been heralded as one of the greatest love stories of the 20th century. Edited by renowned Fitzgerald scholars Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks, with a new introduction by Scott and Zelda's granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan.
Item Description:Originally published in Great Britain in 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing UK.
Physical Description:400 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN:9781982117122
1982117125
Author Notes:F. Scott Fitzgerald published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's novels include The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night, He died at the age of forty-four while working on The Last Tycoon. ZELDA FITZGERALD was born in Montgomery, Alabama, in 1900. She and Scott had a daughter Frances "Scottie" Fitzgerald. Zelda is the author of several short stories and novels, including Save Me the Waltz.
Jackson R. Bryer is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Maryland. He has also edited the Fitzgerald-Maxwell Perkins correspondence.
Cathy W. Barks teaches American literature at the University of Maryland.

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