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Ginevra King. The revelation had begun on a frigid January night in 1915 when 18-year-old Scott Fitzgerald’s future was transformed by meeting 16-year-old Ginevra King at a party in his native St. Paul, Minnesota.
Aug 13, 2023 · The "thing" Ginevra King smashed up was, undoubtedly, Fitzgerald's heart. "Actually, that line about 'retreating back into their money' is pretty much the essence of ('The Great Gatsby')," Pearce ...
Ginevra King, though only sixteen, was beautiful, socially poised, and blessed with the confidence that considerable wealth can bring. Their romance began instantly, flourished in heartfelt letters, and quickly ran its course-but Scott never forgot it.
The collection consists of material relating to King's romantic relationship with Fitzgerald. Included are King's diary (1913-1914), typescript of her letters (11 Jan. 1915 - 7 July 1917) to Fitzgerald that he gave to her (in the 1930s?), undated carbon copy of \Love?
In The Perfect Hour, biographer James L. W. West III reveals the never-before told story of the romance between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his first love, Ginevra King. They met in January 1915, when Scott was nineteen, a Princeton student, and sixteen-year-old Ginevra, socially poised and confident, was a sophomore at Westover School.
Jan 1, 2005 · Ginevra King was Scott’s first serious girlfriend, and she inspired many of his female characters in his fiction. In the 2005 book The Perfect Hour: The Romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ginevra King, His First Love, by esteemed Fitzgerald scholar James L.W. West III, the full story of Scott and Ginevra’s romance is finally told.
May 7, 2013 · Remarkable how two words, scribbled nearly a century ago about a 16-year-old Lake Forest debutante, can evoke a whole country, its hypocrisies and promises, its aspirations and crushing realities. …
