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Scott and Zelda: In 1928, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote for Bazaar about the dazzle of Park Avenue. Here, Eleanor Lanahan, the Fitzgeralds' granddaughter, introduces some of their unseen love letters. (Bazaar Icons).

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From: Harper's Bazaar
Date: 20020501
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To mention F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald is to invoke the '20s, the Jazz Age, romance, and outrageous early success, with all its attendant perils. The names Scott and Zelda conjure gleaming hotel lobbies and smoky speakeasies, flappers, and nostalgia for the Lost Generation. And even though they are my grandparents, I can't fail to mention that Scott's alcoholism and Zelda's madness are a powerful part of the myth.

My grandparents' lives are as fascinating to me as their artistic achievements. Despite their short and nomadic lives-Scott was born in 1896 and died in 1940, at ...

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