F. Scott Fitzgerald
American novelist and short story writer, 1896-1940
"Fitzgerald’s works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the ""Lost Generation"" of the 1920s. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby (his best known), and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote numerous short stories, many of which treat themes of youth and promise, and age and despair."
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American author (1896-1940). Autograph letter signed „Scott“. no place no date. Folio. 1 p. pencil. Age toning. Two punch holes to the left border.
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To „Dear John“: „Your story came just after I had left for N[ew] Y[ork] & during the past three weeks I’ve been intending to get at it every day but I’ve been swamped with work. The bezoar stone is too slight a thread on which to hang together so much diverse incident. I sympathyse [sic] with your instinct to make use of so much excellent stuff from your novel but it is wasted here. And it’s not clear. I can’t follow it. Y[ou]rs in awful haste Scott“.