social set of, 56–57, 59, 62–64, 68–69, 71
Mussolini, Benito, 210, 368
Myer, Mr. and Mrs. Dick, 194, 206
“My Lost City” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 5, 51, 61
Nathan, George Jean, 65n.11, 66
Neil, Adelaide, 342
Nemchinova (ballerina), 71n.41
New Republic (magazine), 192, 351, 382
“New Types” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 210
New York City, xxvi, 4, 6, 13–14, 29n.32, 33–35, 37, 39, 41n.46, 44, 53, 65–67, 70, 80, 103, 112, 128, 177, 179, 192, 249, 254–55, 257, 259, 269, 270, 279n.8, 282n.13, 288–89, 294, 349
New Yorker (magazine), 121, 184, 187, 201, 366, 374, 379
New York Evening Journal, 191n.90
New York Post, 220–21
New York Times, 192, 339
New York Times Book Review, 191n.92, 192
New York Tribune, xxvii–xxviii, 53, 192n.95
Nice (France), 60, 64, 68
Nicrosi, Betty, 265
Nigger Heaven (Van Vechten), 157
“No Flowers” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 199n.103
Norfolk (Va.), 199, 211, 248, 253, 367
Norman, Montague, 346
Norris, Frank, 44n.51
North Africa, 61, 64, 71, 82
North Carolina, 212, 214, 269, 332, 354
Oak Hall (hotel), 232
Ober, Anne, 288
Ober, Harold, xxiii, 52, 78, 81, 115, 120, 133–35, 138, 144, 157–58, 168, 216, 220, 279–80, 289, 300, 304, 307, 312
Ober family, 219, 253n.144, 257–58, 307n.21, 324, 385
Ober-Goldbeck-de Vallombrossa, Ruth, 69n.32, 346
O’Brien, Edward, 121n.23
“Offshore Pirate, The” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 113, 116–17
Of Thee I Sing (musical), 189n.82
O’Hara, John, 189n.84
O’Hara, Maureen, 312n.23
“Old Vicarage, Grantchester, The” (Brooke), 213n.132
Omgim (Vassar club), 331
O’Neill, Eugene, 161n.53
“One Trip Abroad” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 89n.7
“Original Follies Girl, The” (Z. Fitzgerald), 204
Orpen, Sir William, 152
Outline of History (Wells), 139
Overman, Lynne, 67n.18
Owens, Mrs. (FSF’s secretary), 178, 181, 183, 191–92, 199, 202, 204, 206–7, 210, 287, 291, 304, 350
Palgrave, Francis Turner, 191
Palmer, Clothilde Sayre (Tilde) (ZF’s sister), 3, 14n.7, 39, 124, 128, 129, 131, 181, 249, 255, 279n.9, 314, 339, 380, 385
FSF and, 22n.19, 23, 24
FSF’s alcoholism and, 269–70
at FSF/ZF wedding, 47n.54
Palmer, John (ZF’s brother-in-law), 14n.7, 47, 181, 269–70, 279, 281
Paramore, E. E. (Ted), 67n.24
Paramount Pictures, 355–56, 364
Paris (France), 52, 56–57, 59, 60–62, 64, 67–69, 71, 77–78, 81, 84–85, 87–90, 104, 200, 252, 347, 374
Paris France (Stein), 354, 359
Parker, Dorothy, 56, 63, 71, 191, 204, 236, 367
Parrott, Stephan (Peevie), 19n.15
“Pasting It Together” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 6, 218
Pat Hobby stories (F. S. Fitzgerald), 331
Patterson, Dolf, 122
Pavlov, Ivan, 183, 186
Pavlova, Anna, 191n.87
Perkins, Louise, 185, 194
Perkins, Maxwell, xxiii, 10n.1, 56, 58, 78, 81, 112, 144–46, 157, 163–66, 171, 203, 209, 354, 382, 385
Persons, Willie, 25
Pétrouchka (ballet), 134
Philadelphia Opera ballet, 59
Phil Berg Agency, 346
Picasso, Pablo, 56, 152
Plasher’s Mead (Mackenzie), 29
Plato, 195
Plaza Hotel, 66
Poe, Edgar Allan, 329
Porter, Cole, 56
Prangins Clinic. See Rives de Prangins Clinic, Les
Princeton (N.J.), 41n.46, 65
Princeton University, xiii, xv, 3, 47n.54, 67n.24, 314, 331, 341, 375, 377, 383, 385
Private Lives (Coward), 106n.15, 121
Prokofiev, Sergei, 93n.9
Provence (France), 103
Ratoff, Gregory, 186n.77
Ravel, Maurice, 149n.37
Rebecca (du Maurier novel), 343n.44
Rebecca (film), 343
Redbook (magazine), 133, 138, 199, 210n.129
Red-Headed Woman (Brush), 112–13, 144
Reid, Uncle (ZF’s uncle), 372
Remarque, Erich Maria, 248n.140
Rennert Hotel, 146
Rennie, Dr. Thomas, 182, 195–96
Republic Studios, 327
Reynolds, Paul Revere, 158
Rhodes, Hal, 68
Richardson, Hadley, 63n.7
“Rich Boy, The” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 122
Richmond (Va.), 240
Ridgely, Mrs., 210
Ridgelys (Fitzgerald friends), 199
Ringer, Dr., 287
Ringling Art School, 275
Ritz Bar (Paris), 63, 101, 104
Ritz Hotel (Paris), 166n.59, 369
Rives de Prangins Clinic, Les (Nyon, Switzerland), xxviii, 61, 77–112, 136, 153, 168, 174
Riviera (France), 54, 56–57, 60, 64, 370
Roaring Twenties, xxiii, xxvi, 7, 9, 51
Robinson, Lennox, 52
Rockville (Md.), xxv, 219, 220, 385, 386
Rockville Union Cemetery (Md.), xxv, 385
Rodin, Auguste, 149
Romantic Egotists, The (Bruccoli, Smith, and Kerr), xi, xviii, 191n.90, n.91
“Romantic Egotist, The” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 5, 10n.1
Rome (Italy), 52, 56, 62, 67–68
Rooney, Mickey, 344
Rosenberg, Amalia, 365
Ross, Cary, 177, 181, 183, 192, 195, 302–3, 313, 326, 354
Rousseau, Ted, 69
Rubenstein, Ida, 149
Rumsey, Charles Cary, 68n.25
Ruskin, John, 327
Russian ballet, 59, 325, 330
Ruth, Red, 353, 357, 377
Rye Beach Club, 66
St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre, 162n.55
St. Cergue (Switzerland), 101
St. Cloud (France), 62
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Cemetery (Rockville, Md.), xxv, 385, 386
St. Patrick’s Cathedral (New York, N.Y.), 44
St. Paul (Minn.), 41n.46, 52, 67
St. Paul-de-Vence (France), 69n.34
St. Regis Hotel, 67
Saluda (N.C.), 217, 252, 271, 285, 292–99, 306, 309
San Carlo Opera Ballet Company, 61
Sanctuary (Faulkner), 106n.16, 116
Sarasota (Fla.), 243
Satie, Erik, 183n.69
Saturday Evening Post (magazine), 41, 72n.45, 117n.19, 182n.68, 199, 203, 210n.128, 216, 290, 307, 315, 326, 370, 375
FSF’s problems with, 342–43
Saunders, E. T., 287, 289
Saunders, John Monk, 370
Save Me the Waltz (Z. Fitzgerald), xxix–xxx, 3, 7–8, 55, 59, 145, 146, 207, 217
Sayre, Anthony (ZF’s brother), 124–25, 129, 171, 193
Sayre, Anthony Dickinson (A.D.) (ZF’s father), 3, 15, 19n.17, 23, 47n.54, 97–98, 101, 112–13, 115, 119, 123–27, 129, 132–34, 142, 145, 157–58, 161, 298
Sayre, Marjorie (ZF’s sister), 3, 47n.54, 117, 125, 129, 193, 295, 297, 340, 344, 365, 383, 385
Sayre, Minnie (ZF’s mother)
birthday celebrations and, 129, 379–80
blame and, xxix
correspondence of, 16, 23, 28, 39, 214, 237
death of husband and, 113, 119, 123, 124–25
FSF and, 150, 314–16, 354, 364
FSF’s alcoholism and, xxix, 38
FSF/ZF marriage and, 43–44, 47n.54
health problems of, 278, 290, 292–93, 299, 304
money and, 246, 256, 263, 265, 275, 299
Saluda vacations and, 217
Scottie and, xxv, 264, 345, 349
skit coauthorship by, 27n.27
summer heat and, 353
Thanksgiving celebrations and, 131, 132
Vassar trip and, 254, 255, 257
warnings about failed writers by, 15, 29n.33
as ZF companion, 140, 235, 357, 365, 369, 375, 377
ZF feelings for home of, 353, 372, 378, 380, 385
ZF gift to, 327
ZF mental illness and, 97, 98, 101, 249
ZF paintings for, 141, 232, 233, 242
ZF post-hospital life with, 270, 317, 323, 329, 333, 337, 344
on ZF’s temperament, 193
ZF visits to, 215, 236, 245, 300, 319
mentioned, 30n.36, 40, 112, 117, 127, 128, 133, 134, 139, 143, 144, 161, 226, 238, 252, 253n.144, 262, 271, 272, 277, 285, 295, 297, 306, 307, 308, 341, 358, 383, 385
Scandalabra (Z. Fitzgerald), xxx, 344, 350, 358
Scarsdale (N.Y.), 253
schizophrenia, xxviii–xxix, xxx
Schubert, Franz, 117
Schumann, Robert, 82, 125
Scribners (publishers). See Charles Scribner’s Sons
Scribner’s Magazine, 116n.17, 118n.20, 135n.31, 136, 159, 177, 203
Seldes, Gilbert, 68, 191, 199, 201
Sellers, John, 20
Selznick, David, 272n.1
“‘Sensible Thing, The’ ” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 113, 122
Serez (Scottie’s governess), 156–57
Shakespeare and Company (bookstore), 57
Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital (Towson, Md.), 197–216
“Short Retort, A” (S. Fitzgerald), 331n.34
“Show Mr. and Mrs. F. To Number—” (F. S. and Z. Fitzgerald), 178n.62, 204
Slocum, Dr., 196
Smart Set (magazine), 5, 34n.40, 65
Smith, Newman (Noonie) (ZF’s brother-inlaw), 18n.14, 23n.22, 30, 91, 122, 123, 293, 295, 297, 365, 378–79, 383
at FSF’s funeral, 385
at FSF/ZF wedding, 47n.54
on Mrs. Sayre’s money, 299
Scottie and, 296, 313, 316
on Three Comrades, 252
ZF mental illness and, 65, 83, 97
Smith, Rosalind Sayre (Tootsie) (ZF’s sister), 3, 18n.13, 23, 27, 27n.27, 28, 33, 38, 39, 47, 150, 150–51, 217, 239, 244, 246, 249, 257, 295, 313, 314, 319, 361, 378–79, 385
Scottie and, 55, 249, 254, 263, 296, 302, 316
ZF and, 23, 239, 246, 256, 284, 286, 302, 321, 327, 332
Smith, Tom, 67
Snappy Stories (magazine), 32n.39
“Snobbish Story, A” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 89n.7
Some Sort of Epic Grandeur (Bruccoli), 53, 56, 171
Sometimes Madness Is Wisdom (Taylor), xiv, xv
“Southern Girl, The” (Z. Fitzgerald), 204
Spengler, Oswald, 102–3
Squires, Mildred, 145, 155, 160–61, 162n.54, 163–65, 170
“Star-Spangled Banner, The” (national anthem), 183n.72
Statue of Liberty, 258
Stein, Gertrude, 57, 152, 354, 358, 379
Steiner, May, 19n.16
Stevenson, Francis, 121
Stewart, Donald Ogden, 66n.15, 367
stock market crash (1929), 61
Stravinsky, Igor, 93
Stubbs, Francis, 11
Such Is My Beloved (Callaghan), 192n.96
Suitt, Dr. R. Burke, 223n.133, 289, 292–93, 298–99, 307–8, 310
Sullavan, Margaret, 251
Sumner, John, 89n.6
Sun Also Rises, The (film), 186n.77
Sun Also Rises, The (Hemingway novel), 57, 186n.77
Swann, Don and Rita, 200n.109
Swanson, H. N., 304n.20, 322
“Sweet Chariot” (Z. Fitzgerald), 118–19, 135
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 119, 134
Switzerland, 78, 101, 105, 125, 195, 347
Swope, Herbert Bayard, 54, 68, 370
Symphony no. 4: The Prodigal Son (Prokofiev), 93n.9
Tabor, Mary Goodwin, 369
Tales of the Jazz Age (F. S. Fitzgerald), 53
Talmadge, Constance, 40, 58, 128–29
Talmadge, Norma, 129
Taps at Reveille (F. S. Fitzgerald), 203n.114, 207n.122
Tarkington, Booth, 331, 375
Taylor, Cecilia (daughter; FSF’s cousin), 63n.4, 70n.37, 199, 296, 302, 351, 385
Taylor, Cecilia (mother; FSF’s cousin), 63n.4
Taylor, Deems, 370
Taylor, Kendall, xiv, xv
Taylor family (FSF’s relatives), 296
Teasley, Miss (ZF’s attendant), 160
Temple, Mrs. (Shirley’s mother), 356, 367
Temple, Shirley, 350, 352–55, 357, 360, 362, 364, 367, 371
Tender Is the Night (F. S. Fitzgerald), xxix, xxx, 55, 60, 147, 166n.59, 177, 179n.66, 184n.74, 185–86, 187–89, 188n.79, 189n.83, 190–92, 191n.89, 195–96, 197n.101, 199n.108, 201, 287, 370, 371, 373
Tender Is the Night (F. S. Fitzgerald and Warren screenplay), 189n.85
Theatre Guild, 179
“Theatre Ticket” (Z. Fitzgerald), 206
“There’s a Myth in a Moral” (Z. Fitzgerald), 128
This Side of Paradise (F. S. Fitzgerald), xxvi, xxx, 5, 26n.24, 41n.46, 47n.53, 51, 53, 67n.20, 120, 347, 386
Thomas, Lowell, 210
Three Comrades (F. S. Fitzgerald screenplay), 248, 249, 252, 330
Three Comrades (Remarque novel), 248n. 140
Tolstoy, Countess, 367
Tolstoy, Leo, 187
Toots (Sayre/Palmer cat), 23n.20
Topper (film), 183n.70
Torrents of Spring, The (Hemingway), 57
To the Finland Station (Wilson), 186n.76
Town Topics (magazine), 314
Towson (Md.), 169
Triangle Club (Princeton), 331
“Trip Abroad, A” (F. S. Fitzgerald), 101
Trouble (dog), 151, 153, 155
Tryon (N.C.), 232–33, 235, 244, 270, 274, 276, 278, 280, 285, 297, 302
Tryon Valley (N.C.), 295, 332
Tudor Hall (ancestral Key home), 150–51
Turnbull, Andrew, 179n.65, 382n.59
Turnbull, Margaret (Mrs. Bayard Turnbull), 202, 208
Turnbulls (Fitzgerald friends), 179
Tuscaloosa (Ala.), 36
Tuttle, Frank, 370
Twain, Mark, 374
Twelve Men (Dreiser), 206n.120
Twentieth Century–Fox, 360, 373
Tye, Katherine, 382
Uncle Bob (Civil War veteran), 116, 151
United Artists, 199
Universal Studios, 307, 309
University of Alabama, 12
University of Maryland Medical School, 198n.102
University of South Carolina, 248n.139, 312n.26
University of the South, 12
University of Virginia, 346, 349
Valentino, Rudolph, 56
Vallombrossa, Count de, 69n.32
Val-Mont Clinic (Glion, Switzerland), 61, 72, 85, 88, 94, 174
“Vamping Romeo” (Z. Fitzgerald), 40
Vanderbilt, Emily Davies, 94n.10
Van Gogh, Vincent, 153
Vanity Fair (magazine), 65
Van Vechten, Carl, 70n.36, 157
Vassar College, xxx, 249, 254–55, 270, 272, 278, 283, 299, 300, 302, 305, 308, 315, 316, 321, 331, 334, 339n.43, 347, 350, 353, 357, 360, 362, 367–68
Vaudeville (amateur show), 27, 32
Vegetable, The (F. S. Fitzgerald)., xxv, 54, 62
Vidor, King, 63n.5, 64n.8
Vienna (Austria), 108
Villa Eglantine, 90n.8, 96n.11
Virginia Beach (Va.), 199, 201, 245, 300, 305
Virginia Quarterly Review, 235n.136
Vlaminck, Maurice de, 152
Vogue (magazine), 14
Wagner, Richard, 159n.50
Walküre, Die (opera), 159n.50
War of 1812, 183n.72
Warren, Charles (Bill), 189–90, 196
Weber, Peggy, 68
West, Rebecca, 68
Westport (Conn.), 51, 66, 280, 347
White Bear Yacht Club (Minn.), 53
Wilde, Dolly, 87, 94
Wilde, Oscar, 87n.4
Williams, John, 66
Willard, Lady, 346
Williamsburg (Va.), 240
Willie (Fitzgerald cook), 181
Wilmington (Del.), 59, 151, 291
Wilson, Edmund (Bunny), 3, 52, 67, 186, 382
Wiman, Dwight, 68–69
Wolfe, Thomas, 161n.53, 189n.84
“Wonderful Time, A” (S. Fitzgerald), 374
Woodwards (Fitzgerald friends), 200
Woolf, Virginia, 102
Woollcott, Alexander, 189n.81
“Workman, A” (Z. Fitzgerald), 204
World War I, 4, 270
World War II, 270, 315n.30, 317, 347, 349, 368
Wray, Fay, 370
Wylie, Elinor, 71n.43
Wynn, Ed, 54
Yale University, 161n.53, 377
Young, Hank, 19
Zanuck, Darryl F., 358
Zelda: A Biography (Milford), xiii, xiv–xv
Zelda: An Illustrated Life (Lanahan), 194n.99
Zelda Fitzgerald and the Failure of the American Dream for Women (Hartnett), xiv
Ziegfeld, Florenz, Jr., 159n.51
Zola, Émile, 155, 156
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