The Beautiful And Damned (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics) - Softcover

Scott Fitzgerald, F.; Vanderbilt, Kermit

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141180870 ISBN 13: 9780141180878

Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1999

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Book by Fitzgerald FScott

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"Full of precisely observed life." --Arthur Mizener

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This is Fitzgerald's second novel, published in 1922. The story displays that 'touch of disaster' which is at the centre of his work. Young, beautiful and wealthy, Gloria and Anthony want their marriage to be a 'live, glamorous performance'. Seemingly perfectly matched, their love begins to deteriorate as each discovers imperfections in the other. In a desperate search for happiness, they spend recklessly and live riotously, until the final crackup comes. In his portrayal of individualfailure, Fitzgerald illustrates the corrupting power of money and the fleeting nature of beauty. He explores a preoccupying theme - the need for illusion and the tragedy that springs from its inevitable breakdown.

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• Verlag: Penguin Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0141180870
• ISBN 13: 9780141180878
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400