| − | In 1921 Zelda gave birth to a daughter, Francis, whom they both nicknamed "Scottie". In his ledger - which he kept up continually - Fitzgerald noted a remark made by Zelda prior to going into labor. "I hope it's beautiful and a fool," she said. "A beautiful little fool!" Fitzgerald used this remark and other portions of his life in his third novel, ''The Great Gatsby'', a story told by the protagonist Nick Carraway of his single summer on Long Island and his fateful friendship with his next-door neighbor, Jay Gatsby, a self-made man who made it all just for the love of a woman who lived across the bay. He had the compulsive yet subtle [[insight]] of the ''[[femme fatale]]'' theme, the All-American banality of woman as destroyer.<ref>http://fitzgerald.narod.ru/critics-eng/fiedler-somenotes.html</ref> | + | In 1921 Zelda gave birth to a daughter, Francis, whom they both nicknamed "Scottie". In his ledger - which he kept up continually - Fitzgerald noted a remark made by Zelda prior to going into labor. "I hope it's beautiful and a fool," she said. "A beautiful little fool!" Fitzgerald used this remark and other portions of his life in his third novel, ''The Great Gatsby'', a story told by the protagonist Nick Carraway of his single summer on Long Island and his fateful friendship with his next-door neighbor, Jay Gatsby, a self-made man who made it all just for the love of a woman who lived across the bay. He had the compulsive yet subtle [[insight]] of the ''femme fatale'' theme, the All-American banality of woman as destroyer.<ref>http://fitzgerald.narod.ru/critics-eng/fiedler-somenotes.html</ref> |
| | Unlike several of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, such as ''This Side of Paradise'', ''The Great Gatsby'' is not yet in the [[public domain]] because it was published in 1925. It could enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2021, unless copyright terms are extended again. | | Unlike several of the works of F. Scott Fitzgerald, such as ''This Side of Paradise'', ''The Great Gatsby'' is not yet in the [[public domain]] because it was published in 1925. It could enter the public domain on Jan. 1, 2021, unless copyright terms are extended again. |