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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]
Ginevra King (November 30, 1898 – December 13, 1980), daughter of Chicago financier Charles King, is best known for her romantic relationship with, and being a muse for, F. Scott Fitzgerald. She was the inspiration for the character of Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby. King married twice, to William Mitchell and John T. Pirie Jr.
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]
Estranged from Zelda, Fitzgerald attempted to reunite with his first love Ginevra King when the wealthy Chicago heiress visited Hollywood in 1938. [240] " She was the first girl I ever loved and I have faithfully avoided seeing her up to this moment to keep the illusion perfect," Fitzgerald informed his daughter Scottie, shortly before the ...
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 ...
She recounts that journey in her memoir, which weaves the biographical details of her life—an upbringing in a conservative working-class Catholic household, living in New York in the early 70s ...
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.
Gayle King shares her list of upcoming recommendations in pop culture for the month of December, including "The Color Purple," "King Charles" on CNN, and New York City restaurant Hamburger America.