Charles Davis writes “A diary and letters written by the debutante regarded as F Scott Fitzgerald’s first love have been donated to
Princeton University.
The writings were given by descendants of Ginevra King, often viewed as the model for such characters as
Rosalind Connage and Isabelle Borge in This Side of Paradise and Daisy Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.
Don Skemer, curator of manuscripts at the Princeton University Library, said: “For Fitzgerald, she was more of
an archetype: the representation of the wealthy, cool, aloof woman who was key to the American dream.”
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