F. Scott Fitzgerald Primary Sources

Historical documents. What clues can you gather about F. Scott Fitzgerald, the time, place, players, and culture?

This Side of Paradise

Full e-text on Bartleby.com.

The Beautiful and Damned

Full e-text on Project Gutenberg.

The Great Gatsby

Full e-text from University of Adelaide, Australia.

Tender is the Night

Full e-text from University of Adelaide, Australia.

Juvenilia

Fitzgerald's fiction from prep school and Princeton.

Obituaries

A collection of news reports published upon Fitzgerald's death.

"The Crack-Up"

Fitzgerald's soul-baring essay describing his own mental breakdown, published in Esquire Magazine, 1936

"The Diamond as Big as the Ritz"

E-text hosted by the University of South Carolina.

"Bernice Bobs Her Hair"

E-text hosted by the University of South Carolina.

Short Stories

Online Collection of Fitzgerald's Short Fiction, Project Gutenberg Australia.

In Defense of Flappers

"A Flapper's Appeal to Parents" by Ellen Wells Page,Outlook, 6 December 1922.