The Beautiful and Damned

Zusatztext He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation. Informationen zum Autor Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties. Klappentext The heir to his grandfather's considerable fortune, Anthony Patch is led astray from the path to gainful employment by the temptations of the 1920s Jazz Age. His descent into dissolution and profligacy is accelerated by his marriage to the attractive but turbulent Gloria, and the couple soon discover the dangerous flip side of a life of glamour and debauchery. Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Zusammenfassung Containing obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, The Beautiful and Damned is a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contains notes and an extensive apparatus on Fitzgerald's life and works

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He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation. The New York Times

Product details

• Authors: F Scott Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, F.Scott Fitzgerald, Scott F. Fitzgerald
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 29.02.2012
• EAN: 9781847492128
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-212-8
• No. of pages: 365
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 200 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Oneworld Classics; Alma Classics; Alma Classics; Evergreens; Oneworld Classics; The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; jazz age; American literature