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"This excellent biography presents the joys, hopes, and sadness in Zelda Fitzgerald's life. Eclipsed by her husband, F. Scott, Zelda desperately tries to accomplish something significant herself. The biography describes their happy youth, their falling in love, and their happy-go-lucky life style early in their marriage. But things were wrong way deep.
Zelda had a way with words. The author believes F. Scott plagiarized much of Zelda's words. The author thinks F. Scott felt that Zelda had a talent with words but no skill at constructing a novel. F. Scott wanted all Zelda's notes and diaries for his own novels. This was the beginning of trouble for the Fitzgeralds.
Zelda studied ballet, hoping to make a career of dancing, but was never good enough. She had a chance to star, along with F. Scott, in a movie rendition of his "This Side of Paradise," but F. Scott nixed it. Frustrated, and probably having a hereditary weakness, Zelda finally lost her sanity. She spent most of her adult life in mental hospitals. This sobering book gives the reader a very intimate look at the difficult lives of both Zelda and F. Scott.
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Maurice A. Williams, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- writer
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Family, hate
Yes
Struggle with:
- Husband
The difficult family member
- disapproves of datemate/spouse
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- mental illness
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- mentally ill
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
United States
Yes
Europe
Yes
Misc setting
- resort/hotel
Century:
- 1980's-Present
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Book makes you feel?
- challenged
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- gentle
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Commentary on society?
Yes
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A lot 11-15 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 26-50% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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