The Beautiful and Damned Mass market paperbound - 1998
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
More than 70 years after its first publication in 1922, this classic in literature remains a dazzling portrait of love and life among the beautiful people. Through the story of two newlyweds, Anthony Patch of New York and Gloria Gilbert of Kansas City, Fitzgerald chronicles a dying marriage and a hedonistic society in which beauty is all too fleeting. Readers are sure to recognize Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda in Anthony and Gloria, a couple whose days of wine and roses fade quickly toward a tragic end.
About this book
First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the 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.
First line
IN 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him.
From the jacket flap
Following the great critical and financial success of his first novel, "This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald published "The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922. An immediate success upon its first publication, Fitzgerald's second novel is a dazzling portrait of love and life among the beautiful people. Through the story of two newlyweds, Anthony Patch of New York and Gloria Gilbert of Kansas City, Fitzgerald flawlessly captures the heady atmosphere and jaded values of the Jazz Age. Patch, expecting to become the sole heir to his grandfather's millions, embraces a life of endless parties and intellectual pretensions. In Gloria, he finds an exquisite ornament and a passionate lover. The couple whirls through days that mirror Fitzgerald's own--a fast life amid a smart set for which there is never enough cash. Beginning with wit and clever repartee, "The Beautiful and the Damned quickly becomes a scathing chronicle of a dying marriage and a hedonistic society where beauty is all too fleeting. Through the character of Richard Caramel, a successful hack writer whose talent fails as he prospers, Fitzgerald caricatures himself. But today's readers will find an even more poignant self-portrait of Fitzgerald and his wife Zelda in Anthony and Gloria, a couple whose days of wine and roses fade quickly toward a tragic end.
First Edition Identification
Charles Scribner’s Sons published a First US Edition, First Printing in New York, 1922. W. Collins Sons & Co. published a First UK Edition, First Printing in London, 1922. Copp Clark published a First Canadian Edition in Toronto, 1922.
Details
- Title The Beautiful and Damned
- Author F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 464
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Bantam Books, New York
- Date April 1, 1998
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780553214703 / 0553214705
- Weight 0.47 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 6.87 x 4.19 x 1.01 in (17.45 x 10.64 x 2.57 cm)
- Reading level 1120
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1919
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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