THE ROARING 20S 1920 1929
1920S AMERICAN CULTURE
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Detailed explanation-1: -F. Scott Fitzgerald was a 20th-century American short-story writer and novelist. Although he completed four novels and more than 150 short stories in his lifetime, he is perhaps best remembered for his third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925). The Great Gatsby is today widely considered “the great American novel.”
Detailed explanation-2: -Scott Fitzgerald as the author of the American classic The Great Gatsby, among other works of realistic fiction with biting social commentary. What you may not know is that he dabbled in magical realism!
Detailed explanation-3: -He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby (his most famous), and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Last Tycoon, was published posthumously.
Detailed explanation-4: -The success of his first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), made him an instant celebrity. His third novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was highly regarded, but Tender is the Night (1934) was considered a disappointment.