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Princeton gets writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald love interest

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From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20030911
Author:SHEILA HOTCHKIN, Associated Press Writer

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Dateline: TRENTON, New Jersey A diary and letters written by the debutante regarded as F. Scott Fitzgerald's first love have been donated to Princeton University.

The writings were given by descendants of Ginevra King, often viewed as the model for such characters as Rosalind Connage and Isabelle Borge in "This Side of Paradise," and Daisy Buchanan in "The Great Gatsby."

"For Fitzgerald, she was more of an archetype: the representation of the wealthy, cool, aloof woman who was key to the American dream, " Don Skemer, curator of manuscripts at ...

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