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Ginevra King Pirie (November 30, 1898 – December 13, 1980) was an American socialite and heiress. [1] As one of the self-proclaimed "Big Four" debutantes of Chicago during World War I, [2] King inspired many characters in the novels and short stories of Jazz Age writer F. Scott Fitzgerald; in particular, the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. [3]
[1] The quartet consisted of Ginevra King, Edith Cummings, Courtney Letts, and Margaret Carry. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Big Four—a name they coined and bestowed upon themselves—were the preeminent socialites of their era, and each wore a rose-gold pinkie ring with phrase, "The Big Four 1914," engraved on the inner band.
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While teenagers, Ginevra and Fitzgerald met at a sledding party in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and shared a romance from 1915 to 1917, but their relationship ended when Ginevra's family intervened. [7] Her imperious father, stockbroker Charles Garfield King, or someone else purportedly humiliated the impressionable young writer and bluntly told him ...
The show premiered at the Connelly Theatre in New York City in 2005, featuring Chris Fuller as F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jessica Grové as Ginevra King. [2] [3]In 2006 much of the original cast returned for a concert reading of the show at the Lucille Lortel Theatre. [4]
Ginevra King, a 16-year-old socialite upon whom Fitzgerald developed a life-long romantic obsession, inspired the character. [39] [38] Like Amory and Isabelle, Fitzgerald fell in love with King on Christmas break in Saint Paul, Minnesota, during his sophomore year at Princeton, and their relationship ended in a similar fashion. [40]
Ginevra's imperious father, stockbroker Charles Garfield King, purportedly told an out-of-place Fitzgerald that "poor boys shouldn't think of marrying rich girls". [3] Ginevra King's father arranged her marriage to Bill Mitchell, the son of a wealthy business associate. Bill Mitchell partly served as the model for Daisy's husband, Tom Buchanan.