The Beautiful And Damned

First Published , ?the Beautiful And Damned? Is FScott Fitzgerald?s Second Novel, Which Follows Upon Many Of The Same Themes Of His First Novel, ?this Side Of Paradise.? It Is The Story Of Anthony Patch Who Because Of The Expectation Of Inheriting ALarge Fortune From His Grandfather Is Unmotivated To Work And Floats Through Various VocationsAnthony Seeks Escape From His Unmotivated Life Through Socializing And An Increasing AlcoholismHe Is In Love With Gloria Gilbert, ABeautiful Young Socialite And Aspiring ActressThe Novel Addresses ATheme Common To Fitzgerald?s Work, That Being The Moral Decline And Directionless Lethargy That Had Consumed The American Upper Class During The Early Part Of The th CenturySet During The Jazz Age Before And After The First World War, ?the Beautiful And Damned? Is ABrilliant And Tragic Character Study That Explores The Intricacies Of Married Life And IntimacyBelieved To Have Been Based On Fitzgerald?s Own Relationship With His Wife Zelda, The Characters Of The Novel Are Complex Figures That Are Disproportionately Consumed With Their Pasts Unable To Act As Agents For Their Own Wellbeing In The PresentThis Edition Is Printed On Premium Acidfree Paper.
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