Zelda Fitzgerald was an American novelist and the wife of writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Education
As a child Zelda Sayre was extremely active. She danced, took ballet lessons and enjoyed the outdoors. She was bright but uninterested in her lessons. Her work in ballet continued into high school, where she had an active social life. She drank, smoked and spent time alone with boys.
Career
Some critics now characterize her novel as an important work about the search of the modern American woman for an independent and satisfying life outside of the subordinate and traditional domestic circle.
Zelda submitted Save Me the Waltz for publication without Scott's knowledge, and his reaction was initially one of fury. Although he eventually helped her with revisions, he felt that Zelda's use of autobiographical material had infringed upon his literary resources. He made it known to Zelda and her doctors that hers was the "lesser" talent and any future writing must be done on his terms. Increasingly using painting as her creative outlet, Zelda returned to nonfiction essays and one light drama for her subsequent writings. Save Me the Waltz received mixed reviews when published in 1932; it has, however, had a better reception since being reissued in the late 1960s and has earned Zelda a place in American literature other than just as the wife of a famous author. Some critics now characterize her novel as an important work about the search of the modern American woman for an independent and satisfying life outside of the subordinate and traditional domestic circle.
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Quotations:
Why should all life be work, when we all can borrow.
Let's think only of today, and not worry about tomorrow