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Dear Scott, dearest Zelda : the love letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald /

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In Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda, over three hundred letters of their collected love letters show why Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years, through the highs and lows of his literary success and alcoholism, and her mental illness, and has long b...

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Main Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 (Author)
Other Authors: Barks, Cathy W. (Editor), Bryer, Jackson R. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Scribner, 2019.
Edition:First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Subjects:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott > (Francis Scott), > 1896-1940 > Correspondence.
Fitzgerald, Zelda, > 1900-1948 > Correspondence.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott > (Francis Scott), > 1896-1940.
Fitzgerald, Zelda, > 1900-1948.
Authors' spouses > United States > Correspondence.
Authors, American > 20th century > Correspondence.
Love-letters.
Authors, American.
Authors' spouses.
United States.
1900-1999
Autobiographies.
Personal correspondence.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction by Eleanor Lanahan
  • Part I. Courtship and Marriage: 1918-1920
  • Part II. The Years Together: 1920-1929
  • Part III. Breaking Down: 1930-1938
  • First Breakdown. Les Rives de Prangins, June 1930-August 1931
  • Montgomery, November and December 1931
  • Second breakdown. The Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic of Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, February-April 1932
  • La Paix, 1932-1933
  • Third Breakdown. Craig House, Beacon, New York, March-May 1934
  • Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, Maryland, May 19, 1934-April 7, 1936
  • Highland Hospital, Asheville, North Carolina, April 1936-December 1938
  • Part IV. The Final Years: 1939-1940.