The Romantic Egoists: A Pictorial Autobiography from the Scrapbooks and Albums of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald

This pictorial autobiography of Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald documents two lives that have become legendary. The book draws almost entirely from the scrapbooks and photograph albums that the Fitzgeralds scrupulously kept as their personal record and provides a wealth of illustrative material not previously available. The book offers: Fitzgerald’s thoughts about his early loves in St Paul, Minnesota; a photograph of the country club in Montgomery, Alabama, where the two met; reviews of
This Side of Paradise ; poems to the couple from Ring Lardner; snapshots of their trips abroad; Fitzgerald’s careful accounting of his earnings; a photograph of the house on Long Island where
The Great Gatsby
was conceived; postcards with Fitzgerald’s drawings for his daughter. These rare photographs and memorabilia combine into a narrative augmented by selections from Scott’s and Zelda’s own writings, conveying the spirit of particuular moments in their lives.