F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Genius Behind The Great Gatsby

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Source/Further reading:
Britannica, biography: www.britannica.com/biography/...
Biography, overview: www.biography.com/writer/f-sc...
History, overview: www.history.com/topics/roarin...
Biography, Zelda Fitzgerald: www.biography.com/personality...
PBS, twin bios of F. Scott and Zelda: www.pbs.org/kteh/amstorytelle...
Cambridge Core, Fitzgerald in context: www.cambridge.org/core/books/...
In France: www.scottandzelda.com/the-los...
On the Riviera: www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/tr...
The Fitzgeralds at Asheville: www.npr.org/2013/09/03/216164...
Fitzgerald and Hemingway: www.thearticle.com/fitzgerald...
Fitzgerald’s essay on his breakdown, the Crack-Up: www.esquire.com/lifestyle/a43...
NYT, interesting obituary from 1940: archive.nytimes.com/www.nytim...
Guardian, Fitzgerald and Zelda: www.theguardian.com/books/201...
Paris Review, some interesting stuff on Fitzgerald and Hemingway: www.theparisreview.org/blog/2...
In Our Time, the Great Gatsby: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000...
BBC, Misunderstanding the Great Gatsby: www.bbc.com/culture/article/2...

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[@ethanramos4441]

“Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone… just remember that all people in this world haven’t had the advantage that you’ve had” F. Scott Fitzgerald

[@stuartberesford3585]

Nick Carraway's father :)

[@adelerobertson3843]

If I'm not mistaken, I think those words were spoken to Fitzgerald by his father...that is what I have always understood, but I could be mistaken.

[@lilia_casburn]

it was spoken by Nick Carraway's father in Great Gatsby, therefore Fitzgerald's words.@@adelerobertson3843

[@huntergreer98]

"Poor boys shouldn't think of marrying rich girls." I wouldnt forget something that sharp cutting either.

[@juliusraben3526]

Hows that for a patriarchal society

[@ilphi08]

In the modern world, poor boys doesn't necessarily stay poor forever Nvidia's co-founder and CEO was literally dirt-poor growing up Had to work all throughout his teen years But he graduated from Stanford and founded Nvidia He now has a net worth of 14.3B, wealthier than 80%-90% of old-money families

[@nicky_c_305]

her father said that, not her. This channel perhaps deliberately overlooks minor details in many pieces to make stories more dramatic. I wouldn't care its just that im not close to being a historian and even I knew that

[@ghungrooseth1946]

@@ilphi08 Capitalism is like a lottery lmao

[@huntergreer98]

@@ghungrooseth1946 its sometimes a little of both... the drive is the part we often dont know about or gets lost along the way. But I understand that most times the very well off have had a lot of external factors that fell into place to make $10 mil +. That said, I have to emphasize that the work ethic and determination will turn a poor boy or girl into anything they aspire for in this world.

[@Big_Tex]

Last year I reread Gatsby for the first time since college. I couldn’t believe what a good novel it was. Some things you appreciate more as you get older.

[@badluck5647]

For me, I felt like school took out all the fun of novel. A decade later, I still remember being annoyed that my teacher spent 20 minutes talking about the symbolism of the billboard with glasses.

[@Big_Tex]

@@badluck5647 Lol exactly I was thinking the same thing

[@QUARTERMASTEREMI6]

I’d recommend re-reading any books you had to read in school and see how more enjoyable they are when you enjoy them for the sake of it and not for some essay paper.

[@nicholasmacdonald1]

I’m glad I never read it in high school… … reading it at 30, after moving back to the midwest from a city going through it’s own version of the roaring 20s, it hit me like a ton of bricks.

[@scottjackson163]

I always did - and still do - enjoy the quality of writing in the Great Gatsby, but the story itself never resonated with me.

[@mikeaustin3485]

Hemmingway and Fitzgerald were both living in Paris in 1923. Fitzgerald: "You know Ernest, the rich are different from us." Hemmingway: "Yes. They have money."

[@strawberryshortcake4342]

This is my point.... Fitzgerald felt sorry for himself because he didn’t have as much money as some but was COMPLETELY blind to the fact that he had SO much more money than most! He was a three-percenter whining and complaining that he’s not a one-percenter.

[@L30GH05TDUD3]

@@strawberryshortcake4342 dude might have been an spoiled unsatisfied with himself and miserable brat but goddamn did he end up writing one of the greatest American literature works to ever exist!

[@youknowwhoiam2771]

@@L30GH05TDUD3 it’s strange to me that Fitzgerald called Hemingway “Ernest” when he hated that name. It would be like Hemingway calling Fitzgerald “Francis”

[@markcarey67]

"He was spending like an Italian government"

[@anarcho-boulangistllamaent2023]

The Italian government doesnt spend like crazy anmore. They even amended the constitution where it now says that new debts are only allowed in exceptional cases, otherwise the expenses always have to be covered by the revenues.

[@stevencooke6451]

Or during Covid insert just about any country name you can think of.

[@Carterdevrow]

I’d love to see more author videos. Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Virginia Woolf would be awesome.

[@kumararyan4852]

Dickens, Hemingway and Tagore too.

[@jeroenhendrikx5383]

@@kumararyan4852 he did those first two

[@kumararyan4852]

@@jeroenhendrikx5383 okay! 😊 thanks. I'll be watching them soon

[@PresidentAutumn]

@@kumararyan4852 Mary Shelly too. He covered her in a bit in one of his volcano videos, but still interesting nonetheless.

[@IrishMike22]

I'm afraid of Virginia Woolf.

[@ladyalibat6564]

The line "Rich girls don't marry poor boys" made it into "The Great Gatsby".

[@N.I.R.A.T.I.A.S.]

Simon: Fitzgerald was a man tormented by his failings. Me: I'm listening.

[@garyhughes1664]

These Biographics are written so well. In approximately 20 minutes you get not just an overview but a huge amount of detail on the subject. Absolutely love them.

[@TheVideomaker2341]

I think Great Gatsby is not only significant in its time but also today to the people who didn’t live in Fitzgerald’s generation.

[@zafarsyed6437]

Sadly it was barely read or recognized as being worth reading until the 40s... however, such an impressive and relatable read now and to look back upon.

[@matthutchings1988]

It was a great read!

[@jonathangasana]

Fascinating how Fitzgerald’s era was just 100 years ago

[@ilanamillion8942]

I reread the Great Gatsby at least once per year. Edit: also The Beautiful and Damned and Tender is the Night. His books all had wonderful titles, rather like Carson McCullers.

[@matthutchings1988]

@@jonathangasana yeah but it seems like last year in so many ways. This book and Grapes of Wrath are super relevant right now.

[@Scribe13013]

You know what's great about books? No ads!!!

[@TheVideomaker2341]

When I was younger, I kind of use to confuse his name with JFK (John Fitzgerald Kennedy). And I thought they were related.

[@gprich82]

The feeling of not being good enough despite success hits home. But I realized the imprint put on your psyche from family, even unintentionally, has more control over you than it should. Be you ppl. And don't let anything stop you fron being whatever tf you want to be.

[@MadHatter42]

Unless you want to be a rapist or an arsonist or a fascist dictator. Then really maybe try to not be those things, ya know?

[@forcedtohaveahandle]

@@MadHatter42 don’t be any kind of dictator, really, lol

[@MadHatter42]

@@forcedtohaveahandle "Fascist" is such a loosely-defined term, I think any Dictator is also Fascist, by virtue of being a dictator. Don't quote me on that, though...

[@josi4251]

19:42 "When 'Tender Is the Night' came out in 1934, it wasn't so much released as it stumbled out of the paddock, wobbled around a bit, and then keeled over and died of anthrax." This is a sentence that I, an English professor, wish I had written.

[@meghanmisaliar]

Are you really an English Prof? If so, lucky you!

[@meghanmisaliar]

What are your favorite novels?

[@josi4251]

@@meghanmisaliar Yes. Academia is a rather tough place these days, however.

[@josi4251]

@@meghanmisaliar Depends on the day; Too many to name here, but let's just say 'Moby Dick' isn't one of them. Otherwise, quite a few of the classics, including '1984' and 'Rebecca.' I think our favorites have a lot to do with when we read them and the impressions they made at the time.

[@meghanmisaliar]

@@josi4251 it's funny you mentioned 'Rebecca' as I was just reading a short biography on Tallulah Bankhead and Daphne DeMauriers father starred in a play with TB.

[@sansfangirl4life439]

The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite books. I got (read 'had') to read the book in high school, but unlike the rest of my class I fell in love with the book, something my teacher always seemed so happy to hear. The movie directed by Baz Luhrmann, best known as the wacky one that had Toby Maguire and Leonardo DiCaprio is by far one of my favorite adaptations of the book, and I got to see it in theaters with my sister. The gunshot near the end actually startled us, despite the fact we knew it was coming, and I loved it. it's a visual ride

[@odeliabrown8024]

I legit had the same experience. When I told most people they always said they hated "The Great Gatsby". But its so good, the description in book is as smooth as silk.

[@sansfangirl4life439]

@@odeliabrown8024 agreed and the version with DiCaprio is insane. filled to the brim with visual style, some with the time period and others unique. it's insane and i loved it all

[@cassandrayorke583]

I got out of reading it in high school and was able to discover it as an adult. Falling in love is an understatement.

[@sansfangirl4life439]

@@cassandrayorke583 it really is an amazing book

[@favrawr]

The movie was amazing

[@Altroante]

22:04 he died in 1940 according to wikipedia. Think you guys might've accidently confused him being 44 with dying in 44.

[@pink_alligator]

bcs wikipedia is always right..

[@hannahwebster5606]

@@pink_alligator he definitely died in 1940

[@Altroante]

@@pink_alligator Hence the "according to wikipedia". Literally nobody said wiki is always right.

[@adelehinton7287]

I think it must be 44 years of age in 1940, because otherwise he would have been 17 enlisting in the army in 1917, and that was after a few years at Princeton...so I think Wikipedia is correct and this video is incorrect!

[@stevencooke6451]

When Simon said that I wondered: Firtzgerald hung around for four years in the hospital? And now I notice that I used "Simon said".

[@inactiveaccount72537]

I learned about Fitzgerald while reading Great Gatsby, i'd rather hear Simon talk about him than my old teacher 😂

[@MrChit-od9po]

I guess I'm watching right then

[@ilanamillion8942]

I have never been able to get through a Hemingway novel - it's just not my type of writing, I guess. Hemingway threw a number of women aside while criticizing all of the F Scott Fitzgerald's faults. However, Scott never abandoned Zelda and paid her medical bills even after their marriage crashed. I rather doubt that Hemingway would have done the same thing.

[@stevencooke6451]

I love The Sun Also Rises. His style is definitely not for everyone though. I liken it to the staccato of a motorcycle accelerating.

[@scotniver7180]

HILLS LIKE WHITE ELEPHANTS

[@cherish78748]

Hemingway was a right bastard by all personal accounts. As well as mentally obsessed with his own questioned sexual performance. I don't know if it's ever been proven whether he was really impotent, but it's enough of a question mark that there's likely something to it. Trite work of him to go after Fitzgerald's genitals when what Hemingway was really obsessed with were his own. Tells you enough about the man.

[@bradleydavis2543]

Excellent! Please consider videos on Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson. They both are shining examples of the best of the early American psyche, fiercely independent, always questioning authority (Civil Disobedience), and their zealous reverence of nature. They both have written some of the most beautiful words I have ever read in the English language.

[@Jimmyinvictus]

Fitzgerald and Lovecraft were contemporaries, both authors died thinking they were failures, with no idea how much of an impact their respective work would have in decades to come.

[@itarry4]

Yhea Lovecraft great imagination but seriously messed up bloke with some very very strange ideas and not just the stuff he wrote. I've always found those authors and artists who seem very near to the edge of sanity to be very intriguing and interesting to read about. I've never really read or studied Fitzgerald but I might just have a look now.

[@meghanmisaliar]

​@@itarry4I love his work(Lovecraft) but he had a very sick mind.

[@itarry4]

@@meghanmisaliar yhea totally agree. It can be hard to separate the art from the artist but it's something I think we should do if possible. I wasn't just talking about his, let's say none PC thoughts and sayings with PC in large letters but he also had many other ideas, which were very strange and his way of living was also interesting and strange. Again hard to separate the author from the work he does but how else can we comment and fight back unless we understand the problem.

[@meghanmisaliar]

@@itarry4 I understand about the "PC" thing. As a POC it's sometimes I have to put aside because I'm such a fan of his writing.

[@camerontaylor8388]

Please do a video on Shaka ZULU!! he was a revolutionary leader who deserves a good video made by you.

[@travisinthetrunk]

Ooo, good idea!

[@jamessutton7335]

Definitely!

[@GoogleUser-wy2vv]

Yes ... please

[@niagarcia2287]

I read the Great Gatsby while in high school but not for my class, just on my own. I fell madly in love with it, and his writing so I read all his work. Even his short stories in papers before and after he got famous. ‘So we beat on’ ended up becoming my first tattoo.

[@jasoncornell1579]

Thanks for this Old Sport

[@henkdouma8448]

21:56 The date should read: December 21st 1940 (at which date F. Scott Fitzgerald would be 44 years old).

[@foxesofautumn]

I guess when they say "write what you know" this is what they mean. It really worked for him and I found, out of all the books I had to read for school, Gatsby was my favourite. It really resonated with me even though I am not American and I'm from a very different age. Fitzgerald's language is intoxicating.

[@LoganReviewsMovies]

I looked for this video two weeks ago, for an end-of-the-year project. I am blown away by the fact it was released so recently after I had finished.

[@ClareBearBunny]

Could you do an episode on Syd Barrett and/or Pink Floyd?

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:25 - Chapter 1 - The wrong side of paradise 5:00 - Chapter 2 - The beauty & the damned 8:15 - Mid roll ads 9:50 - Chapter 3 - The road to west egg 13:25 - Chapter 4 - The paris years 16:45 - Chapter 5 - The crack up 20:20 - Chapter 6 - The great american novel

[@SimRacing604]

My all time favourite author. Thanks for this great piece!

[@shawnnewell4541]

Simon another great American author you should do a biographic piece on is Theodore Drieser. He wrote "Sister Carrie", and "An American Tragedy. "

[@meghanmisaliar]

That's funny because when Zelda met FSF , she was reading 'Sister Carrie.'

[@shannonpincombe8485]

"Fitzgerald was spending like an Italian government" love it!!!

[@cronkitesatellite]

Great vid. As a kid, I always found it fascinating that I grew up just a few blocks away from where he was born. A lot of history in that old Mississippi River town of St. Paul

[@Blackon1s]

Whilst all pumped out from this channel’s production line are engrossing, this video discovers itself amongst a pocket of untouchables. I’d love to see more writer-based videos, particularly those of the post-war period, most notably: J.D Salinger, Norman Mailer, Harper Lee, Ray Bradbury, James Baldwin, Richard Wright etc. 👍🏽

[@1pussychicken]

I loved this episode as 'The Great Gatsby' is one of my favourite novels. Thank you from an Australian fan. ;-)

[@pokegan52]

Has anyone ever thought that gatsby is just a mirror image of Fitzgerald himself but with more money? Maybe that’s what he thought his life would be like if he had that status of wealth

[@kennyhagan5781]

Finally hearing about the author and NOT the novel. I thank you folks for the information.

[@gwenyc.z5061]

Thank you for this!

[@jdraven0890]

Excellent video as always

[@thomasaguinaga559]

John Steinbeck would be an amazing author to cover!

[@strawberryshortcake4342]

John Steinbeck is so much better at portraying the “real” America. I can’t work up sympathy for Gasby.

[@gabriellarosa7159]

What a coincidence! I am reading the book at the moment and I am really enjoying it!

[@zaknevarc9923]

Stayed in the hotel rooms Fitzgerald rented out at the Grove Park Inn in Asheville talked about in the vid. Very cool place with a lot of history behind it.

[@jamesbodnarchuk3322]

Very interesting Simon!

[@jakeburgess4252]

Hey Simon. Really enjoy the content. I was hoping to make a video request regarding the life of Allen Ginsberg? He’s a fascinating individual. Some great source material would be his recently published journals regarding a drug quest in South America, his time wondering the US in a Whitman trance, or his time getting kicked out of Cuba and into Prague, in the shadow of the Iron Curtain. Tuning in on future uploads. Cheers, sir.

[@tamacat920]

i thought gatsby was boring, but now i understand what fitzgerald was going through after watching his biography. lots of thanks for the vid.

[@samanthapam-dusu279]

Can we have a Biographics episode on Ian Fleming? Thanks and great work.

[@yoruichitaichoj]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾Lovely biography presentation! I've seen the great gatsby with Leonardo DiCaprio, now with this biography I'm intrigued to read his other books. Well done.

[@32mybelle]

Love Fitzgerald's work. Every word is so beautifully selected.

[@bpetrosoff]

Great episode, Flannery O'Connor would make a good subject as well.

[@christophermerlot3366]

If you are taking author suggestions, may I suggest TS Eliot, Ezra Pound, WH Auden, WB Yeats and GB Shaw. All had very interesting lives. Samuel Beckett too.

[@allencummings7564]

It's so strange, before watching this video i knew absolutely nothing about fitzgerald, but now it's as if I'd known these few things about him all along, as if the facts of his life were somehow encapsulated in 'the great gatsby'

[@PinkyJujubean]

The same thing happened to my great grandpa in WW1. He enlisted and went through training. They were at a place in Quantico Virginia waiting to depart for France and then the Armistice was signed. I have an old photo of him in his uniform

[@meghanmisaliar]

Quantico is where the FBI is based.

[@PinkyJujubean]

@@meghanmisaliar this was in 1918 when the FBI was some small insignificant organization with very little authority that most people never heard of. It wasn't even based there at that time.

[@meghanmisaliar]

@@PinkyJujubean yes I know. I don't even know if it existed during WWI. Its just an unusual name so I always think of FBI when I see 'Quantico'.

[@meghanmisaliar]

@@PinkyJujubean was your great grandfather in the Army?

[@robertslater8293]

What did Scot Fitzgerald ever do to you XD

[@Nseib23835]

I was coming to comment the same thing 🤣

[@potato_of_the_gulag9982]

Shout out to Johnny and Ted

[@massiverabbit3454]

It made a book, which in turn made my 7th grade teacher made cite it in class, and let me tell you, for being a class full of early English learners, it was a bitch

[@megjulia4007]

I am a massive Scott & Zelda fan, and I don't think I've ever seen that video footage of Fitz before :) Day made. Thank you!

[@helenawoods]

Such a great recount. Would LOVE to see more author videos.

[@user-hb2ku5oq5r]

Nice work guys ¡¡Thank you¡¡

[@ruralstar]

This was a real treat. Thanks so much for doing this bio. I read The Great Gatsby in college and remember enjoying it as a study of a culture I knew nothing about beyond basic HS Social Studies. On a very different note, perhaps a biographics on Stephen King? He is not everyone's cup of tea but he is prolific story teller with an interesting backstory and a proven process. As an author myself, I learned a lot from his semi-autobiographical novel "On Writing" Surely your own research team can give us an in depth 20 minutes.

[@cherish78748]

Yes! King's life also has the sort of interesting twists and turns that Simon knows how to make into great video material.

[@cherish78748]

Yes! King's life also has the sort of interesting twists and turns that Simon knows how to make into great video material.

[@cjprowe5]

You should upload the audio as a podcast somewhere

[@Zeitgeistmusic997]

A real person who feels true guilt and shame is always one with a loving soul capable of great creativity. The mindless need to peer pressure (which is unscientific, uneffective, and dangerous to the mental psyche) can confuse a beautiful soul.

[@brianbarrett2487]

Ok creepy catholic dude.

[@Zeitgeistmusic997]

Yeah, I'm not catholic. You're doing a copycat glitch, huh? Everything is a pale imitation of what a person do

[@hectorrivero2173]

Thank you Simon ❤

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@stephendaly8025]

When are going to update the spotify podcast? I love the channel...

[@WillPhil290]

Wow... One of the best episodes in my opinion

[@alexanderveritas]

_Spending like an Italian government_ Now that’s a quote I’ve never heard until to this day, and somewhat it feels true considering the economic instability Italy as a nation always kept itself into.

[@thnktank1]

Work as hard as Simon. Goals!

[@js2749]

The Baz Lurman adaptation is incredible, but it does lack Mia Farrow’s trembling voice, like a giddy child, saying that perfect line to Gatsby, “I wish I could put you in one of those clouds and just push you around”.

[@scotniver7180]

Thanks for the presentation and analysis.. Good Job.. -- Born ceaselessly into the Past --

[@charleskiernan4900]

I live in Lake Forest on Ridge Road right by the house. Somebody bought it and is now repairing it.

[@RussellBarth]

Hemingway was such an over-compensating closet case lol!!!

[@TeddyParker]

you didnt use the 'unleash hidden masterpiece' segue for Manscaped!? what are you DOING man!? you had one job!!! i fully expect the exact same segue for the next video for a manscaped ad

[@multipletanksyndrome]

You ought to do a biography of the Dulles Brothers, Secretary of State & Director of the CIA for Eisenhower. They were also board members of United Fruit, which became Chiquita. John Foster Dulles is credited with the invention of the modern international corporate shell game. They also helped redraw maps after both world wars.

[@kseierstad]

You should do one on Thor Heyerdahl, he was wrong in many of his hypothesis, but fascinating. And my grandmother knew him as children.

[@jamesmartin6050]

Here are some suggestions for another video - all interesting people April Ellison/William Ellison Jr. (1790-1861) - a freed slave from South Carolina who became a successful slaveowner and planter himself before the civil war. Anthony Johnson (1600-1670) - a former indentured servant who became one of the first African American property owners in America and a successful tobacco farmer. Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979) - Prince Philip’s uncle and Queen Elizabeth’s second cousin once removed who was assassinated by the IRA Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) - Japanese poet, author, playwright, actor and nationalist who committed seppuku after a failed attempt to overthrow Japan’s 1947 constitution. Robert Walpole (1676-1745) - British politician who was the first prime minister of Great Britain from 1721 until 1742 under King George I and King George II. Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach/prime minister) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent Irish figure and one of the most important in Irish history. George Eastman (1854-1932) - American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak company. He was a pioneer of photography and a major philanthropist. He commit suicide at the age of 77 because of chronic pain from health problems. Emile Zola (1840-1902) - French novelist and journalist who is an early practitioner in the literary genre, naturalism. He was involved in the Dreyfus affair, a political scandal in France. He died in 1902 at the age of 62 from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. ryoichi sasakawa (1899-1995) - Japanese businessman, politician, sports administrator, philanthropist and was criminal who helped Norman Borlaug with his Green Revolution. Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) - Irish poet, playwright and translator who won the 1995 Nobel prize for literature and wrote a poem about The Tollund Man comparing his cause of death to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) - Irish poet, dramatist and writer with an interest in the occult who helped found the Abbey Theatre and was a senator for the Irish Free State. He is one of the most important historical figures in Irish history. Prince Phillip, The Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) - husband and consort to Queen Elizabeth who served in the navy as a young man, serving in the Second World War. He died recently so it would be a good choice. Jordan Belfort (born 1962) - former stockbroker, author, motivational speaker and convicted felon who committed fraud via stock market manipulation. His book was the inspiration behind the film The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013. Andrew Cunanan (1969-1997) - spree killer responsible for five murders before his suicide via gunshot. His victims include Gianna Versace and Lee Miglin. Lee Miglin (1924-1997) - American business tycoon, real estate developer and philanthropist who was spree killer, Andrew Cunanan’s third murder victim. “The Count of Saint Germain” (1691 or 1712 -died 1784) - European Adventurer who achieved prominence in high society in the 1700’s. His real name is unknown while his background is obscure. He claimed to be the son of Prince Francis II Rakoczi of Transylvania. He was arrested for suspicion of espionage during the Jacobite rebellion but was released without charge. Julia d’Aunigny (1670 or 1673 -died 1707) - 17th century French opera singer who was known for her flamboyant lifestyle. Her father was a secretary to the master of the horse to King Louis XIV. She was a keen sword fighter, cross-dressed and tried to run away with a female lover after killing a man in a duel. She died at the age of 33. Past American presidents, British prime ministers, monarchs and Roman emperors would be good as well.

[@billmurphy6272]

I like the Infinite Jest reference, can you do a video on David Foster Wallace?

[@spiderryan]

Hi Biographics, can I suggest that you upgrade upgrade you camera to record in 1440 and 2160. would make your videos so much crisper. Thank You And Keep Up The Good Work.

[@noodles.dumplings.kimchi2878]

I need a Zelda Fitzgerald biographics

[@FootballYassi10]

Please more author videos! I love them!!! Thank you!

[@gorelegrimshank1110]

When are you going to do a bio graphics on jd Salinger, Simon?

[@then9779]

Shout out to the writer for the spot on Human Traffic refrerence.

[@skyden24195]

The book, "The Great Gatsby" is.... Great!!!

[@claudettedelphis6476]

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[@albertnash888]

F. Scott Fitzgerald was such an amazing author! “The Great Gatsby” is one of the best novels ever written!

[@travisjordan3853]

Here's a interesting random bit of trivia: According to legendary video game creator Shigeru Miyamoto, the titular Princess Zelda of the famed The Legend of Zelda video game series, is named after Zelda Fitzgerald.

[@sunburstshredder]

Surprised he didn't mention that

[@johnnash2815]

Imagine she was called Alice, they might have thought what an uninspiring name and never made that game.

[@Airgearzx]

I thought that was already well-known

[@kelseyallen1384]

Could you do a biographics on the radium girls? It would be very interesting

[@travisinthetrunk]

That sounds more like a ‘Today I Found Out’ video.

[@nicoleruiz9003]

It is an Today I Found Out episode

[@isaacwatts2201]

The Great Gatsby truly is a masterpeice.

[@lakshmanvajjakeshavula5380]

Thanks dude

[@cocainecarl7814]

Please make a video about Erich Maria Remarque!

[@darkchocolate1083]

How about a video on William Randolph Hearst?

[@crossetler_2184]

I've bought a compilation of a few short stories of his once. He had a dynamism that was enough to put some famous names of today as slow and clunky.

[@rachelraquel758]

God, I love the great Gatsby, it’s so brilliant!

[@elstonngunn4193]

‘He began to lay of the sauce’ Simon Whistler

[@patriciapalmer1377]

George Sand please !!! Thank you for your time and effort, Simon.

[@heyphilphil]

Please do a bio on ISHI: THE LAST WILD INDIAN. Fascinating American story.

[@mrdgenerate]

And so we beat on. Boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

[@thegunslinger1363]

Would you ever do a video on George Carlin?

[@dylanmcfee3268]

Yesssss please! Awesome comedian!

[@potato_of_the_gulag9982]

OH YESSSS

[@bvsdeh]

an H.L.Mencken episode would be great

[@nadousha22]

Could you make a video about the brilliant Bertrand Russel? @Biographics

[@harrisonmiller6475]

Can you do 1 on Robert E Howard?

[@davidh.1082]

Could you possibly do a video on Sitting Bull, the Native American chief? Please and thank you.

[@jonathangasana]

Couldn’t click on the like button faster than I did when I saw the video was about Scott Fitzgerald