F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald was very prominent novelist and short story writer of the Jazz Age. Some of his greatest works include The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, Tender is the Night, and The Last Tycoon. Although some of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s works were deemed unsuccessful, he was still a very quintessential author of the Jazz age. Some of his greatest works like The Great Gatsby, are still read today. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, better known as F. Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1986 in Saint Paul Minnesota. In his early years, Fitzgerald lived in Saint Paul where is father owned a furniture store. However, the business failed and Fitzgerald and his family moved between Buffalo and Syracuse as his …show more content…
Scott Fitzgerald published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, the book was about a man named Amory Blaine, who is rejected by the families of two high-class women. Many people loved the book and Fitzgerald became well known throughout the United States. F. Scott Fitzgerald had become a celebrity, and he enjoyed the lifestyle a lot. Through the twenties Fitzgerald wrote multiple short stories to maintain his luxurious lifestyle. Some of his short stories included “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” and “The Last of the Belles.” Fitzgerald’s second great novel, The Beautiful and Damned, was published in 1922 and was recognized as a great literary work and it helped cement his reputation as a very talented writer. Fitzgerald’s works epitomized the Jazz Age. In 1924 Fitzgerald moved to France with hopes that the change of scenery would help give him some new ideas. While in France, Fitzgerald composed his greatest novel ever, The Great Gatsby. The book is narrated by a character named Nick Carraway. Carraway moves to Long Island into a house next to a mansion owned by Jay Gatsby. In the end Gatsby is exposed as a bootlegger and the book has a relatively sad ending. The book was a giant hit and helped cement Fitzgerald’s legacy.