College of One: The Story of How F. Scott Fitzgerald Educated

College of One: The Story of How F. Scott Fitzgerald Educated the Woman He Loved (Neversink)

The moving story of how F. Scott Fitzgeraldâ€”washed up, alcoholic and illâ€”dedicated himself to devising a heartfelt course in literature for the woman he loved.

In 1937, on the night of her engagement to the Marquess of Donegall, Sheilah Graham met F. Scott Fitzgerald at a party in Hollywood. Graham, a British-born journalist, broke off her engagement, and until Fitzgerald had a fatal heart attack in her apartment in 1940, the two writers lived the fervid, sometimes violent affair that is memorialized here with unprecedented intimacy.

When they met, Fitzgeraldâ€™s fame had waned. He battled crippling alcoholism while writing screenplays to support his daughter and institutionalized wife. Grahamâ€™s star, however, was rising, to the point where she became Hollywoodâ€™s highest-paid, best-read gossip columnist. But if Fitzgerald had lived out his â€œcrack-upâ€ in public, Graham kept her demons secretâ€”such as that she believed herself to be â€œa fascinating fake who pulled the wool over Hollywoodâ€™s eyes.â€™â€™

Most poignantly, she keenly felt her lack of education, and Fitzgerald rose to the occasion. He became her passionate tutor, guiding her through a curriculum of his own design: a college of one. Graham loved him the more for it, writing the book as a tribute. As she explained, â€œAn unusual manâ€™s ideas on what constituted an education had to be preserved. It is a new chapter to add to what is already known about an author who has been microscopically investigated in all the other areas of his life.â€

From the Trade Paperback edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-05-28
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-05-28
Format	Kindle eBook

College of One: The Story of How F. Scott Fitzgerald Educated the Woman He Loved (Neversink)

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