The following is an excerpt from the essay "The Crack-Up," reprinted from The Crack-Up, a compilation of articles written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published in one book by New Directions Publishing.

Get to know phenomenal writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the most prominent American writers in the 20th-century.

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