Author F. Scott Fitzgerald is thought to have based the main female characters in The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise on his wife, Montgomery native Zelda Sayre.
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Author F. Scott Fitzgerald is thought to have based the main female characters in The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise on his wife, Montgomery native Zelda Sayre.