Correspondence written between 1919 and 1940 between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his editor at Scribner's, Max Perkins, illuminates the careers of both men, and includes insights on contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, Ring Lardner, Edmund Wilson, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Carl Van Vechten, and others.

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“Pure and lovely…to read Zelda’s letters is to fall in love with her.” —The Washington Post Edited by renowned Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks, with an introduction by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan, this compilation of over three hundred letters tells the couple's epic love story in their own words. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years, through the highs and lows of his literary success and alcoholism, and her mental illness. In Dear Scott, Dearest Zelda, over 300 of their collected love letters show why theirs has long been heralded as one of the greatest love stories of the 20th century. Edited by renowned Fitzgerald scholars Jackson R. Bryer and Cathy W. Barks, with an introduction by Scott and Zelda's granddaughter, Eleanor Lanahan, this is a welcome addition to the Fitzgerald literary canon.

Correspondence written between 1919 and 1940 between F. Scott Fitzgerald and his editor at Scribner's, Max Perkins, illuminates the careers of both men, and includes insights on contemporaries Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, Ring Lardner, Edmund Wilson, Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Carl Van Vechten, and others.