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Ginevra King, though only sixteen, was beautiful, socially poised, and blessed with the confidence that considerable wealth can bring. Their romance began instantly, flourished in heartfelt letters, and quickly ran its course-but Scott never forgot it.
8 de sept. de 2003 · Her name was Ginevra King, and she was a celebrated Chicago debutante whom Fitzgerald met in 1915 when she was a 16-year-old at the Westover School and he was a 19-year-old at Princeton. They were ...
Scott Fitzgerald and Ginevra King. By Megan McKinney. “It amazed him—he had never been in such a beautiful house before. But what gave it an air of breathless intensity was that Daisy lived there…” so went the beginning of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s description of Charles Garfield King’s Lake Forest country house in The Great Gatsby.
by Ruth Stevens. The Princeton University Library has acquired a rich collection of documents that reveal previously unknown details about American author F. Scott Fitzgerald and his first love, Ginevra King. King was a beautiful and wealthy debutante from Lake Forest, Ill., with whom Fitzgerald had a romantic relationship from 1915 to 1917.
PAW November 5, 2003: Features. Features. Fitzgerald’s first love. Before Scott married Zelda, he was smitten by a young debutante who became the model for Gatsby’s Daisy. By Merrell Noden ’78. Photos: Top, F. Scott Fitzgerald ’17, below, photograph of Ginevra King found in Fitzgerald’s scrapbook and a page from the diary of Ginevra ...
Ginevra King Pirie (November 30, 1898 – December 13, 1980) 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 stories of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald; in particular, the character
13 de may. de 2013 · Another, Ginevra King (1989-1980), exchanged a series of love letters with Fitzgerald—letters she destroyed after deciding that her Princetonian admirer didn't make the grade socially. "Poor ...
