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In The Perfect Hour, biographer James L. W. West III reveals the

never-before told story of the romance between F. Scott Fitzgerald

and his first love, Ginevra King. They met in January 1915, when

Scott was nineteen, a Princeton student, and sixteen-year-old

Ginevra, socially poised and confident, was a sophomore at Westover

School. Their romance flourished in heartfelt letters and quickly

ran its course–but Scott never forgot it. Ginevra became the

inspiration for Isabelle Borgé in This Side of Paradise and the

model for Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. Scott also wrote

short stories inspired by her–including “Babes in the Woods” and

“Winter Dreams,” which, along with Ginevra’s own story featuring

Scott are reprinted in this volume. With access to Ginevra’s

personal diary, love letters, photographs, and Scott’s own

scrapbook, West tells the beguiling story of youthful passion that

shaped Scott Fitzgerald’s life as a writer.

For Scott and Ginevra, “the perfect hour” was private code for a

fleeting time they almost shared and then yearned after for the

rest of their lives. Now West brings that perfect hour back to life

in all its freshness, delicacy, and poignant brevity.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I.GINEVRA  AND  SCOTT　 

2.THE　  ROMANCE　　　 

3.G I NEVRA' S  STORY　

4.ENDINGS  AND  BEGINNINGS

5.MARRIAGE　yy

6.　THE   " G I N E V RA "   CHARACTERS

APPENDIXES:

ONE.　SELECTED  DIARY  ENTRIES

TWO.　FIVE  LETTERS  FROM  GINEVRA

THREE.　"BABES  IN  THE  WOODS"

FOUR.　"WINTER  DREAMS"　

FIVE.　　 OTHER　 G INEVRAS　　　

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Illustration Credits

Index  

JAMES L.W. WEST III is Sparks Professor of

English at Pennsylvania State University. He has held fellowships

from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Humanities Center, and

the National Endowment for the Humanities, and has been a Fulbright

scholar to England and Belgium. He is the author of William

Styron: A Life and is general editor of the Cambridge Edition

of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald.

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In The Perfect Hour, biographer James L. W. West III reveals the never-before told story of the romance between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his first love, Ginevra King. They met in January 1915, when Scott was nineteen, a Princeton student, and sixteen-year-old Ginevra, socially poised and confident, was a sophomore at Westover School. Their romance flourished in heartfelt letters and quickly ran its course–but Scott never forgot it. Ginevra became the inspiration for Isabelle Borgé in This Side of Paradise and the model for Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. Scott also wrote short stories inspired by her–including “Babes in the Woods” and “Winter Dreams,” which, along with Ginevra’s own story featuring Scott are reprinted in this volume. With access to Ginevra’s personal diary, love letters, photographs, and Scott’s own scrapbook, West tells the beguiling story of youthful passion that shaped Scott Fitzgerald’s life as a writer.

For Scott and Ginevra, “the perfect hour” was private code for a fleeting time they almost shared and then yearned after for the rest of their lives. Now West brings that perfect hour back to life in all its freshness, delicacy, and poignant brevity.