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Paradise Lost

A Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald

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$29.95 • £26.95 • €27.95

ISBN 9780674504820

Publication Date: 05/22/2017

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424 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

27 halftones

Belknap Press

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  • Introduction: Clio and Scott
  • I. Beginnings, 1896–1920
    • 1. Prince and Pauper
    • 2. Celtic Blood
    • 3. Forever Princeton
    • 4. Golden Girl
    • 5. Opposites Alike
  • II. Building Up, 1920–1925
    • 6. Trouble in Paradise
    • 7. Corruptions: The Early Stories
    • 8. The Knock-Off Artist
    • 9. Rich Boy, Poor Boy
    • 10. The Wages of Sin: The Beautiful and Damned
    • 11. Exile in Great Neck
    • 12. After the Gold Rush: The Great Gatsby
  • III. Breaking Down, 1925–1940
    • 13. Adrift Abroad
    • 14. Emotional Bankruptcy
    • 15. Penance
    • 16. Far from Home
    • 17. Jazz Age Jeremiah
    • 18. Book of Fathers: Tender Is the Night
    • 19. Purgatory
    • 20. De Profundis
    • 21. Life in a Company Town
    • 22. Sentimental Education
    • 23. Stahr Fall
  • IV. Ghosts and Legends, 1940 and After
    • 24. Zelda after Scott
    • 25. Life after Death
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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