F.ScottFitzgeraldbornonSeptember241896anAmericannovelistwasonceastudentofSt.PaulAcademytheNewmanSchoolandattendedPrinceton.Universityforashortwhile.In1917hejoinedthearmyandwaspostedinAlabamawherehemethisfuturewifeZeldaSayre.Thenhehadtomakesomemoneytoimpressher.
Hislifewithherwasfullofgreathappinessashewroteinhisdiary:“MyownhappinessinthepastoftenapproachedsuchjoythatIcouldshareitevenwiththepersondearesttomebuthadtowalkitawayinquietstreetsandtakedownpartsofitinmydiary.”
Thissideofparadisehisfirstnovelwaspublishedin1920.encouragedbyitssuccessFitzgeraldbegantodevotemoretimetohiswriting.ThenhecontinuedwiththenoveltheBeautifulandDamned(1922)acollectionofshortstoriesThalesoftheJazzAge(1922)andaplayTheVegetable(1923).ButhisgreatestsuccesswasTheGreatGatsbypublishedin1925whichquickbroughthimpraisefromtheliteraryworld.Yetitfailedtogivehimtheneededfinancialsecurity.Thenin1926hepublishedanothercollectionlfshortstoriesAlltheSadYoungMen.
HoweverFitzgerald’sproblemswithhiswifeZeldaaffectedhiswriting.Duringthe1920shetriedtoreorderhislifebutfailed.By1930hiswifehadherfirstbreakdownandwenttoaSwissclinic.DuringthisperiodhecompletednovelsTenderIstheNightin1934andTheloveofthelastTycoonin1940.WhilehiswifewasinhospitalintheUnitedStateshegottotallyaddictedtoalcohol.SheilaGrahamhisdearfriendhelpedhimfighthisalcoholism.
【小题1】HowmanynovelswrittenbyFitzgeraldarementionedinthepassage?
a.Hebecameaddictedtodrinking.
b.HestudiedatSt.PaulAcademy.
c.HepublishedhisfirstnovelThisSideofParadise.
d.TheGreatGatsbywonhighpraise.
e.Hefailedtoreorderhislife.
f.HejoinedthearmyandmetZelda.