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The Beautiful And Damned

By F. Scott Fitzgerald and Kermit Vanderbilt
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The Beautiful and Damned follows Anthony and Gloria, a dazzling couple emblematic of Jazz Age glamour. Living for the thrill of New York's lively social scene, they indulge in days filled with dance and drink. Their passionate, theatrical marriage faces trials as financial troubles loom and the promise of inheritance remains far off, forcing them to confront the harsh realities beyond their youthful splendour.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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This novel will appeal to readers who enjoy exploring the complexities of love and ambition set against the dazzling backdrop of the Roaring Twenties.

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Young, beautiful and wealthy, Gloria and Anthony want their marriage to be "a live, glamorous performance". Seemingly perfectly matched, their love begins to deteriorate as each discovers imperfections in the other. In a desperate search for happiness they live riotously - until the final crack-up.

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"We know the old adage about judging books by their covers, but how could you not when the covers are as lovely as these?" – Vogue (U.K.) The jacket design by Coralie Bickford-Smith reflects the elegance and glamour of the Art Deco period paired with the modern aesthetic of mechanical repetition. Each jacket comes with a detachable bookmark.

Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth.

But as money becomes tight, their marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still distant, Anthony and Gloria must grow up and face reality; they may be beautiful but they are also damned.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780141180878

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 29 April 1999

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 128.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 270g

Pages: 400

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Classic Fiction F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald Fiction General Fiction Kermit Vanderbilt Literary Fiction Penguin Books Penguin Classics

About the Author

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and went to Princeton University which he left in 1917 to join the army. Fitzgerald was said to have epitomised the Jazz Age, an age inhabited by a generation he defined as 'grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre. Their destructive relationship and her subsequent mental breakdowns became a major influence on his writing. Among his publications were five novels, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and the Damned, Tender is the Night and The Love of the Last Tycoon (his last and unfinished work)- six volumes of short stories and The Crack-Up, a selection of autobiographical pieces. Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940. After his death The New York Times said of him that 'He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a "generation" ... he might have interpreted them and even guided them, as in their middle years they saw a different and nobler freedom threatened with destruction.'

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