EAN: 9781509826384

THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED - F SCOTT FITZGERALD G...

Designed to appeal to the book lover  the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of
beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth
printed on high quality paper  and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges  Macmillan
Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.    The Beautiful and Damned   F. Scott
Fitzgerald's second novel  tells the story of Anthony Patch  a 1920s socialite and presumptive
heir to a tycoon's fortune  the relationship with his wife Gloria  his service in the army  and
alcoholism. Anthony and Gloria are young and gorgeous  rich and leisured and they dedicate
their lives to the pursuit of happiness and we follow the intimate story of their marriage as
it disintegrates under the weight of their expectations  fuelled by dissipation  jealousy and
aimlessness.   Fitzgerald skilfully portrays the Eastern elite as the Jazz Age begins its
ascent  engulfing all classes into what will soon be known as Café Society. As with all of his
other novels  it is a brilliant character study and is also an early account of the
complexities of marriage and intimacy  largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage
with Zelda Fitzgerald.  With an afterword by Ned Halley.

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