The Beautiful and Damned
$28.89
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 April 1998
Summary
This is Fitzgerald’s second novel, published in 1922. The story displays that ‘touch of disaster’ which is at the centre of his work. 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 spend recklessly and live riotously, until the final crackup comes. In his portrayal of individual failur…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141180878 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141180870 |
| Author: | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 1998 |
| Weight: | 286g |
| Dimensions: | 19mm x 129mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics |
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“Full of precisely observed life.” – Arthur Mizener
“Full of precisely observed life.” –Arthur Mizener
About The Author
F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Upon graduating from Princeton, he served in the Army and worked briefly in advertising. He married his wife, Zey a
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