How did Hemingway view F. Scott Fitzgerald?
The relationship between Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald is one of the more interesting literary relationships and has been the subject of several books: Scott and Ernest: The Authority of Failure and the Authority of Success (Matthew J. Bruccoli, 1978), Fitzgerald and Hemingway: A Dangerous Friendship (Matthew J. Bruccoli, 1994), and Hemingway vs. Fitzgerald: The Rise and Fall of a Literary Friendship (Scott Donaldson, 2001). Hemingway provides his own take on the relationship in his 1964 book, A Moveable Feast, in a sketch appropriately titled, “Scott Fitzgerald.” Hemingway and Fitzgerald first met in the Dingo Bar in Paris in 1925. At the time of this meeting, Fitzgerald was the more recognized and successful writer. His 1920 novel, This Side of Paradise had been a great success. His pieces regularly appeared in the widely read Saturday Evening Post, and two weeks before his meeting with Hemingway, readers were introduced to The Great Gatsby (today, a literary classic). Hem
