| The Beautiful and Damned Contributor(s): Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author) |
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ISBN: 1684221501 ISBN-13: 9781684221509 Publisher: Martino Fine Books OUR PRICE: $8.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Coming Of Age - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1120 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.03 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2017 Reprint of 1922 Edition. Set in an era of intoxicating excitement and ruinous excess, changing manners and challenged morals, F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel chronicles the lives of Harvard-educated Anthony Patch and his beautiful, willful wife, Gloria. This bitingly ironic story eerily foretells the fate of the author and his own wife, Zelda--from its giddy romantic beginnings to its alcohol-fueled demise. A portrait of greed, ambition, and squandered talent, The Beautiful and Damned depicts an America embarked on the greatest spree in its history, a world Fitzgerald saw with clearer eyes than any of his contemporaries. By turns hilarious, heartbreaking, and chillingly prophetic, it remains one of his best-known works, which Gertrude Stein correctly predicted "will be read when many of his well-known contemporaries are forgotten." |