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The Beautiful and Damned
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Beautiful and Damned
Anthony Patch and his wife Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth.
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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.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Beautiful and Damned is generally praised for its exploration of themes like the American Dream, excess, and the decadence of the Jazz Age. Many reviews appreciate Fitzgerald's eloquent prose and the vivid portrayal of characters struggling with moral and existential dilemmas. However, some readers find the pace slow and the characters' flaws challenging to sympathize with, leading to mixed feelings about the overall narrative.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780141187815
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 September 2004
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Contributors:
- Introduction by Geoff Dyer
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 22.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 197.0mm
Weight: 288g
Pages: 384
About the Author
F. Scott Fizgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and went to Princeton University, which he left in 1917 to join the army. He was said to have epitomized the Jazz Age, which he himself defined as 'a generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre. Their traumatic marriage and her subsequent breakdowns became the leading influence on his writing. Among his publications were five novels, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night and The Last Tycoon (his last and unfinished work). Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940.
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