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Oxford World's Classics: The Beautiful and Damned

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, <i>The Beautiful and Damned</i> (1922), is a savage and haunting satire of the young, rootless post-war generation who live intent only on the pursuit of wealth and decadent pleasure. Anthony Patch's marriage to the beautiful but selfish Gloria is idyllic at first but the union slowly disintegrates as reality sets in and their goal becomes Adam Patch's fortune. Gloria's beauty fades, and Anthony's drinking takes its toll. Charting the corrosive attraction of wealth and its malign influence, <i>The Beautiful and Damned</i> is also a vivid portrait of early twentieth-century New York and the sights and sounds of the city's burgeoning night life.

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Oxford World's Classics: The Beautiful and Damned, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Alan Margolies

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Jaar van publicatie
1998
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(Paperback),
Staat van het boek
Goed
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Titel
Oxford World's Classics: The Beautiful and Damned
Taal
Engels
Jaar van publicatie
1998
Formaat
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
359
ISBN10
0192832646
ISBN13
9780192832641
Reeks
Aantekening
F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, <i>The Beautiful and Damned</i> (1922), is a savage and haunting satire of the young, rootless post-war generation who live intent only on the pursuit of wealth and decadent pleasure. Anthony Patch's marriage to the beautiful but selfish Gloria is idyllic at first but the union slowly disintegrates as reality sets in and their goal becomes Adam Patch's fortune. Gloria's beauty fades, and Anthony's drinking takes its toll. Charting the corrosive attraction of wealth and its malign influence, <i>The Beautiful and Damned</i> is also a vivid portrait of early twentieth-century New York and the sights and sounds of the city's burgeoning night life.