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Fitzgerald's second novel, a devastating portrait of the excesses of the Jazz Age, is a largely autobiographical depiction of a glamorous, reckless Manhattan couple and their spectacular spiral into tragedy. Published on the heels of This Side of Paradise, the story of the Harvard-educated aesthete Anthony Patch and his willful wife, Gloria, is propelled by Fitzgerald's intense romantic imagination and demonstrates an increased technical and emotional maturity. The Beautiful and Damned is at once a gripping morality tale, a rueful meditation on love, marriage, and money, and an acute social document. As Hortense Calisher observes in her Introduction, "Though Fitzgerald can entrance with stories so joyfully youthful they appear to be safe--when he cuts himself, you will bleed."From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Fiction, Inheritance and succession, fiction, Married people, fiction, Family life, fiction, Socialites, fiction, Young men, fiction, Alcoholics, fiction, Facsimiles, History, Rich people, American Manuscripts, Avarice, Social conditions, Manuscripts, Romance Norte Americano, Psychological fiction, Domestic fiction, Social classes, American fiction (fictional works by one author), New york (n.y.), fiction, Fiction, psychological, Fiction, general, LITERARY CRITICISM, American, General, Classics, Manners and customs in fiction, United states, fiction, American literature, Fiction, romance, general, New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction, - "Romans, nouvelles", Conditions sociales, Inheritance and succession, Married peoplePlaces
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1919-1933, 1918-1932, Early 20th century, 1920'sShowing 11 featured editions. View all 473 editions?
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The Beautiful and Damned
2009, Random House Publishing Group
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First published in 1922, The Beautiful and Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveau riche, and the New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects of wild ambition, The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerald's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day. Pocket Book's Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. Special features include critical perspectives, suggestions for further read, and a unique visual essay composed of period photographs that help bring every word to life.
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