The novel had an acknowledged influence on writer F. Scott Fitzgerald who borrowed many of its themes and elements.[2] Marian Forrester, in particular, partly inspired his Daisy Buchanan character in The Great Gatsby.[2] Fitzgerald later wrote a letter to Cather apologizing for any unintentional plagiarism.[2]
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