The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel published in 1922. Set in Jazz Age New York, it follows young heir Anthony Patch and his beautiful flapper wife Gloria Gilbert as they pursue a life of parties and excess. Their vow to live without regret and seek happiness at any cost soon tests their marriage as infatuation fades and selfish attitudes collide. While awaiting Anthony's inheritance, the couple descends into hedonism and cynicism, facing consequences that threaten to destroy everything they once were. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
Title The Beautiful and Damned
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beautiful_and_Damned
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Reading Level Reading ease score: 72.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
Subject Inheritance and succession -- Fiction
Subject Psychological fiction
Subject Domestic fiction
Subject Married people -- Fiction
Subject Alcoholics -- Fiction
Subject Young men -- Fiction
Subject Socialites -- Fiction
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EBook-No. 9830
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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