Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda: The Love Letters of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career lows and her institutional confinement, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for over twenty-two years. Now, for the first time, we have the story of their love in the couple's own letters. Dear Scott, Dearest...
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Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career lows and her institutional confinement, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for over twenty-two years. Now, for the first time, we have the story of their love in the couple's own letters. Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda consists of more than 75 percent previously unpublished or out-of-print letters as well as extensive narrative on the Fitzgeralds' marriage by Fitzgerald scholars Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks. Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda features black-and-white and color photographs, and a candid introduction by Eleanor Lanahan, the Fitzgeralds' granddaughter.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312268756 (0312268750)
Publish date: April 26th 2002
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Pages no: 272
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
History,
Literature,
Romance,
20th Century,
Adult,
Womens
Definitely provides a new perspective to one incredibly famous couple. Also provides insight into Scott's writing process and Zelda's battle with mental illness. Its funny to see that even in letters they had their up and down periods where they were either madly in love or going through that "Why t...