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Ginevra King Pirie (November 30, 1898 – December 13, 1980) was an American socialite and heiress. As one of the self-proclaimed "Big Four" debutantes of Chicago during World War I, King inspired many characters in the novels and short stories of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald; in particular, the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.
May 10, 2013 · May 10, 2013, 01:58 PM EDT. She was a rich debutante named after a da Vinci painting. She was F. Scott Fitzgerald's first love. And she was reportedly the woman who served as the principal inspiration for Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," the celebrated novel hitting the big screen via a long-awaited Baz Luhrmann adaptation Friday.
Princeton NJ -- The University Library has acquired a rich collection of documents that reveal previously unknown details about American author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his first love, Ginevra King. King was a beautiful and wealthy debutante from Lake Forest, Ill., with whom Fitzgerald had a romantic relationship from 1915 to 1917. King's family ...
May 7, 2013 · Last week, the University of South Carolina posted online a digital version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s handwritten ledger, billing it as “one of the richest primary source documents in...
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Jan 24, 2005 · Jan. 24, 2005. 'The Perfect Hour' 'The Romance of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ginevra King, His First Love' By James L.W. West III Illustrated. 211 pages. Random House. $24.95. Ginevra...
Feb 8, 2019 · james l. w. west iii. GINEVRA KING was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first great love. She was a petite, beautiful, socially poised teenager from Lake For-est, Illinois, a community of wide lawns, large homes, and wealthy residents located along the shores of Lake Michigan, some thirty miles north of Chicago.
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Sep 8, 2003 · Her name was Ginevra King, and she was a celebrated Chicago debutante whom Fitzgerald met in 1915 when she was a 16-year-old at the Westover School and he was a 19-year-old at Princeton. They...
