Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda
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Plot Summary of Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda

"The story of the relationship between Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald, told through their letters to one another with commentary by the editors. This book begins with their first encounter, leads through their somewhat stormy courtship, the glow of the first few years of their marriage, the birth of their daughter, and how they dealt as a couple with separations, mental and physical illness, alcoholism, and loss.

Crested sapwood supportable noradrenaline runout.

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Sarrah, Resident Scholar

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Family, love Yes
Special relationship with - hubby
Phys disability/mental struggle? Yes
Struggle with - alcohol - mental illness
Which institution - mental hospital
Life in an institution Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1900+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - mentally ill - emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - healthy but a geeky weakling

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Southeast - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - France
City? Yes
Misc setting - resort/hotel
Century: - 1930's-1950's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel? - thoughtful
Sex in book? Yes
Lot of foul language? Yes
Commentary on society? Yes
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people? Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life? Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book

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