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TNT's version of Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald's life disjointed and dull. (Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

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From: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
Date: 19931104
Author:Dawidziak, Mark

    Ring Lardner called them the prince and princess of the Lost Generation _ the royal couple of the literary expatriates who helped put the roar in the Roaring '20s. 
    Yes, Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald did seem to be living a Jazz Age fairy tale. He was the handsome author of ``This Side of Paradise.'' She was the talented beauty from Alabama. 
    They ripped through the '20s, enjoying ``the greatest, gaudiest spree in history.'' Underneath all the fun, however, was the hint of a dark future. 
    ``I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again,'' Fitzgerald ...

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