The Last Tycoon (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- First Published: 1941
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social realism
- Time of Work: The 1930’s
- Setting: Hollywood, California
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: Social action, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Power, personal or social, Communism or communists, Murder or homicide, 1930’s, California, West, U.S., Gangsters, Organized crime, Disasters, Earthquakes, Hollywood, Natural disasters, Filmmaking or filmmakers, Unions or unionism
- Locales: Hollywood, CA, Santa Monica, CA
Characters Discussed
Monroe Stahr, a brilliant, young film producer, as much interested in the artistic value of motion pictures as in making money. Having lost his wife whom he had loved deeply, he now courts death through overwork. He is extremely interested in the welfare of his employees, although he is not always appreciated by them. His short but passionate affair with Kathleen seems to be at the center of this unfinished novel.
Kathleen Moore, Stahr’s mistress, who reminds him of his dead wife. She later marries another man out of a sense of obligation but...
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