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The Fantastic Fitzgeralds

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Fitzgerald and Zelda - The Great Gatsby

Fitzgerald had drunken rages. Zelda had a fling with a French aviator while Fitzgerald was very absorbed in writing The Great Gatsby. She tried to throw herself, or she did throw herself, over the edge of a hillside restaurant's patio after she thought Fitzgerald had been flirting with Isadora Duncan. Another time, he was driving in a cliff-filled area, and she grabbed the wheel and tried to drive them off the cliff.

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