Letter, [between 1937-1940 to] Rosalind [Sayre Smith].

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Letter, [between 1937-1940 to] Rosalind [Sayre Smith].

Typed draft, unsigned, corrected in holograph. Responds caustically to Smith's "sanctimonious advice" reminding her of money he once loaned to Newman Smith at considerable sacrifice and mocking her as "the distilled essense [sic] of the middle-class at bay ..." Remarks that he is "living in sin with a movie star."

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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F. Scott Fitzgerald was born Sept. 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. He began writing while a student at Princeton University. He met his wife, Zelda, while serving in the US Army stationed in Alabama. His novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and he became an instant success. He published he Great Gatsby in 1925. Fitzgerald died on December 21, 1940 of a heart attack at age 44 while living in Los Angeles and working for the film industry....