F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was educated at Princeton University and served in the United States Army during World War I. His first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), was a national bestseller; Fitzgerald followed it with three more complete novels and hundreds of popular short stories. The Great Gatsby (1925), a timeless story of social class, race, and gender in America, remains his best-known work. Fitzgerald was living in Los Angeles, working on movie screenplays and a novel he called The Love of the Last Tycoon, when he died of a heart attack on December 21, 1941, at the age of 44.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was educated at Princeton University and served in the United States Army during World War I. His first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), was a national bestseller; Fitzgerald followed it with three more complete novels and hundreds of popular short stories. The Great Gatsby (1925), a timeless story of social class, race, and gender in America, remains his best-known work. Fitzgerald was living in Los Angeles, working on movie screenplays and a novel he called The Love of the Last Tycoon, when he died of a heart attack on December 21, 1941, at the age of 44.

Books by F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • The Jazz Age: Essays

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. L. Doctorow

    Paperback, 2005

    A short collection of essays about the Jazz Age by the writer who epitomized it, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • On Booze

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Paperback, 2011

    A collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best drinking stories makes this the most intoxicating New Directions Pearl yet!
  • The Great Gatsby: A Norton Critical Edition

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, David Alworth

    First Edition, Paperback, 2021

    “This superb volume offers a rich cultural fabric that greatly deepens our understanding of The Great Gatsby. Illuminating short stories by Fitzgerald, his correspondence, and his literary...
  • On Booze

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    E Book, 2011

    A collection of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s best drinking stories makes this the most intoxicating New Directions Pearl yet!
  • The Jazz Age: Essays

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. L. Doctorow

    E Book, 2014

    A short collection of essays about the Jazz Age by the writer who epitomized it, F. Scott Fitzgerald.
  • The Great Gatsby: A Norton Critical Edition

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, David Alworth

    First Edition, E Book, 2021

    “This superb volume offers a rich cultural fabric that greatly deepens our understanding of The Great Gatsby. Illuminating short stories by Fitzgerald, his correspondence, and his literary...
  • The Great Gatsby (The Norton Library)

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anne Margaret Daniel

    First Edition, Paperback, 2023

  • The Great Gatsby (The Norton Library)

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anne Margaret Daniel

    First Edition, E Book, 2022

  • The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anne Margaret Daniel

    First Edition, E Book, 2022

  • The Great Gatsby (The Norton Library)

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, Anne Margaret Daniel

    First Edition, E Book, 2022