Famous folk at home: F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald in Great Neck, Long Island, New York
F. Scott Fitzgerald lived with his wife Zelda Fitzgerald at 6 Gateway Drive in Great Neck Estates, in King’s Point on Long Island, New York, from 1922-1924s, and based West Egg in the book, The Great Gatsby, on Great Neck/King’s Point, and the neighbouring East Egg was modelled on the more affluent Sands Point…
The couple moved there in 1922 after the birth of their daughter “Scottie” and the home became the inspiration for Nick Carraway’s West Egg house in the novel. Read more about the development of the story here.
When we visited New York and the Hamptons a couple of years ago, we stopped by the Fitzgeralds’ former home for a quick “we don’t want to be arrested for stalking” photo.
The house is a private property and not open to the public, but we were still surprised to see that such an important location was in a regular street in a pretty suburb, surrounded at every turn by other houses and a main road nearby – I guess I had assumed that it would have been snapped up years ago and turned into a museum.
It is a beautiful home and it was fun thinking about the Fitzgeralds living there, and the writing of The Great Gatsby as a result.
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DEMOLISHED IN 2011: Lands End in Long Island, which is considered to be the inspiration for Tom and Daisy Buchanan’s “East Egg” house in The Great Gatsby
DEMOLATA IN 2011:Resedinta Lands End din Long Island (New york) considerata drept sursa de inspiratie pentru resedinta lui Tom si Daisy Buchanan (East Egg)
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