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The Beautiful and Damned

By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Introduction by Kermit Vanderbilt

By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Introduction by Kermit Vanderbilt

By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Introduction by Kermit Vanderbilt

By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Introduction by Kermit Vanderbilt

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Apr 01, 1998 | ISBN 9780141180878

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    About The Beautiful and Damned

    “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.

    About The Beautiful and Damned

    Introduction by Hortense Calisher
    Commentary by Edmund Wilson, Henry Seidel Canby, and Arthur Mizener
     
    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.”

    Includes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide 

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    About F. Scott Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was considered the quintessential author of the Jazz Age. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, Fitzgerald attended Princeton University, where he began to write seriously. After joining the U.S. Army in 1917, Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre, whom… More about F. Scott Fitzgerald

    About F. Scott Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was considered the quintessential author of the Jazz Age. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, Fitzgerald attended Princeton University, where he began to write seriously. After joining the U.S. Army in 1917, Fitzgerald met Zelda Sayre, whom… More about F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction | Historical Romance

    Paperback | $14.00
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Apr 01, 1998 | 400 Pages | 5-1/16 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780141180878

    Category: Fiction Classics | Literary Fiction | Historical Romance

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Penguin Classics
    Apr 01, 1998 | 400 Pages | ISBN 9781101221532
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