In 1897, following the failure of Edward's business, the family moved to New York, so that Edward could start working as a salesman for Proctor and Gamble. Be that as it may, their move was brief after Edward was fired from his job in 1908, prompting a return to St. Paul where the Fitzgeralds lived off the McQuillan family fortune, (Fitzgerald, Bruccoli, & Baughman, 1995). For the next 14 years, Scott spent most of his time in boarding school, Princeton University, the military, and New York City (Ibid, 1995). Fitzgerald's writing career began to take off in 1920 after the publication of his first novel, This Side of Paradise (Bruccoli and Smith, 1981). The novel received rave reviews (Ibid, 1981) and secured Fitzgerald's place as one of the country's most promising young men.