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He snatched the book from me and replaced it hastily on its shelf, muttering that if one brick was removed the whole library was liable to collapse.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Age: 43 †
Born: 1897
Born: September 24
Died: 1940
Died: December 21
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Screenwriter
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St Paul
Minnesota
Francis Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
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