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The beautiful and damned / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by Alan Margolies.
T̀he victor belongs to the spoils.' Fitzgerald's ironic epigraph to The Beautiful and Damned exemplifies his attitude toward the young rootless post-World War One generation who believed life to be meaningless and who pursued wealth despite its corrosive effect. Gloria and Anthony Patch party until money runs out; then their goal becomes Adam Patch's fortune. Gloria's beauty fades and Anthony's drinking takes its horrible toll. Fitzgerald here once again displays a wariness of the upper classes, àn abiding distrust, an animosity, toward the leisure class - not the conviction of a revolutionist.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780191610516
- ISBN: 0191610518
- ISBN: 9780191611056
- ISBN: 0191611050
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 359 pages)
- Publisher: Oxford ; Oxford University Press, ©1998.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages xxviii-xxxi) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Cover; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of F. Scott Fitzgerald; THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED; Explanatory Notes. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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| Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. Domestic fiction. Fiction. Psychological fiction. Psychological fiction. Domestic fiction. |
