Modernism / Lost GenerationAmerican
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Master of the Jazz Age
September 24, 1896, Minnesota – December 21, 1940, Hollywood
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald became the quintessential voice of the Lost Generation. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Fitzgerald captured both the intoxicating shimmer and the tragic shallowness of the American Jazz Age. His third novel, The Great Gatsby, published in 1925, stands as a triumph of American literary modernism—a lyrical critique of the American Dream distilled into flawless prose and evocative symbolism.
Thematic Domain & Philosophy
Illusion of the PastWealth & CorruptionIdealized RomanceSocial Stratification
Memorable Aphorisms
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
— The Great Gatsby“Show me a hero, and I’ll write you a tragedy.”
— The Crack-UpBibliography
Archived Volumes by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Tragic Romance
4.90
180m
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since...