弗朗西斯·斯科特·菲茨杰拉尔德是本世纪二十年代最有代表性的小说家。他既是那一年代典型的轻浮、无忧无虑、为金钱而奋斗的生活的带头参与者,同时又是一位超然的观察者。他的个人生活便是这个时代的一面镜子。在“二十年代”期间,他因创作获得成功而致富,而当美国遭受经济危机的大萧条时期,也给菲茨杰拉尔德带来了厄运。在此期间他的作品不受欢迎,他在衰微中度过了十年, Francis Scott Fitzgerald was the most representative novelist of the 1920s. He was both a leading participant in the frivolous, carefree and struggling life of money of that era, as well as a transcendental observer. His personal life is a mirror of this era. During the ’twenties’, he became rich because of his creative success, and brought Fitzgerald to doom when the Great Depression of the United States was hit by the economic crisis. His work was unpopular during this period, and he spent ten years in decline,