Zelda: a Biography
by:
Nancy Milford (author)
The wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda has remained a shadowy figure. In this biography it becomes clear how deeply dependent on each other the Fitzgeralds were, and to what an extraordinary degree their dreams were matching ones. We also get insight into Scott Fitzgerald as a husband and...
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The wife of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Zelda has remained a shadowy figure. In this biography it becomes clear how deeply dependent on each other the Fitzgeralds were, and to what an extraordinary degree their dreams were matching ones. We also get insight into Scott Fitzgerald as a husband and dominator. During more than one nervous breakdown and clinic visit were, remarkably, when she wrote her books. A very complicated and unhappy woman emerges. A match for her husband but no match for herself.....
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780060129910 (0060129913)
Publish date: January 1st 1970
Publisher: Harper
Pages no: 424
Edition language: English
Zelda, poor Zelda, Your love for F. Scott felled ya. A Southern belle transplanted,You went through hell, that's granted. But oh, those years of glory!Your nineteen-twenties story. The couple with the mostest, You a reluctant hostess. The Paris scene so sparkly, Your mind receding darkly. Your husba...
The legendary story of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald is laid out in this biography of the troubled girl from Alabama. Between Zelda's mental instability and Scott's excessive drinking, no one, not even them, was really sure which came first. Did Scott's drinking make Zelda go crazy or did Zelda's unpre...
It's hard to review "Zelda" without tying in my feelings about Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald and their crazy, codependent relationship. But I can't find any fault in Nancy Milford's work, and for such a long biography to hold my interest all the way through is sort of amazing, so I'm giving it five sta...
Having your husband cannibalize your life and writings to prop up his "genius" is not conducive to strong mental health.
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