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A Short Autobiography

by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Scribner. Aug. 2011. 192p. ISBN 9781439199060. pap. $15. NONFICTION
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At the time of his death, Fitzgerald had not published an autobiographical work of any sort—something almost unimaginable in today's climate. Now James L.W. West III, Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University, has gathered 19 personal essays written from 1920 to 1940 and arranged them chronologically to disclose Fitzgerald's life story. From "What I Think and Feel at 25" to "One Hundred False Starts," these essays would seem to serve as an intellectual autobiography and should inspire Fitzgerald readers new or returning. With all the maundering memoirs out there, it should be a pleasure to read something like this, which carries more weight.
Reviewed by Barbara Hoffert , Mar 15, 2011
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