Ginevra King
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Ginevra King Pirie 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 stori
A 20-year-old Ginevra King on the July 1918 cover of Town & Country magazine
Portrait of Ginevra King, June 1915
Chicago Tribune article describing King's wedding which Fitzgerald kept in his scrapbook with the note: "The end of a once poignant story."
Fitzgerald in 1937, roughly a year before his final meeting with Ginevra King
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, widely known as F. Scott Fitzgerald or simply Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is most notable for his novels depicting th
Ginevra King
…self-proclaimed "Big Four" debutantes of Chicago during World War I, King inspired many characters in the novels and short stories of Jazz Age writer F. Scott Fitzgerald; in particular, the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. A 16-year-old King met an 18-year-old Fitzgerald at a sledding party in Saint Paul…
Fitzgerald in 1921
Portrait of Scott and Zelda by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1923
Passport photos of the Fitzgeralds, 1923
H. L. Mencken believed that Fitzgerald's career as a novelist was in jeopardy because of his wife's mental illness.