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The Beautiful and Damned / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by William Blazek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940, author.
- Series:
- Oxford world's classics.
- Oxford World's Classics Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Inheritance and succession--Fiction.
- Inheritance and succession.
- Married people--Fiction.
- Married people.
- Socialites--Fiction.
- Socialites.
- Alcoholics--Fiction.
- Alcoholics.
- Young men--Fiction.
- Young men.
- New York (N.Y.)--Fiction.
- New York (N.Y.).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford, England : Oxford University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- The Beautiful and Damned is a devastating portrait of a generation of wealthy young Americans who struggle to find meaning and happiness, told through the lives of Anthony Patch and Gloria Gilbert. This is the novel that confirmed Fitzgerald's status as the most celebrated young American writer of the Twenties.
- Contents:
- Cover
- OWC_series page
- The Beautiful and Damned
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Select Bibliography
- A Chronology of F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Dedication
- Book One
- Chapter I: Anthony Patch
- A Worthy Man and His Gifted Son
- Past and Person of the Hero
- The Reproachless Apartment
- Nor Does He Spin
- Afternoon
- Three Men
- Night
- A Flash-Back in Paradise
- Chapter II: Portrait of a Siren
- A Lady's Legs
- Turbulence
- The Beautiful Lady
- Dissatisfaction
- Admiration
- Chapter III: The Connoisseur of Kisses
- Two Young Women
- Deplorable End of the Chevalier O'Keefe
- Signlight and Moonlight
- Magic
- Black Magic
- Panic
- Wisdom
- The Interval
- Two Encounters
- Weakness
- Serenade
- Book Two
- Chapter I: The Radiant Hour
- Heyday
- Three Digressions
- The Diary
- Breath of the Cave
- Morning
- The Ushers
- Anthony
- Gloria
- "Con Amore"
- Gloria and General Lee*
- Sentiment
- The Gray House
- The Soul of Gloria
- The End of a Chapter
- Chapter II: Symposium
- Nietzschean* Incident
- The Practical Men
- The Triumph of Lethargy
- Winter
- Destiny
- The Sinister Summer
- In Darkness
- Chapter III: The Broken Lute
- Retrospect
- The Apartment
- The Kitten
- The Passing of an American Moralist
- Next Day
- The Winter of Discontent
- The Broken Lute
- Book Three
- Chapter I: A Matter of Civilization
- Dot
- The Man-at-Arms
- An Impressive Occasion
- Defeat
- The Catastrophe
- Nightmare
- The False Armistice
- Chapter II: A Matter of Æsthetics
- The Wiles of Captain Collins
- Gallantry
- Gloria Alone
- Discomfiture of the Generals
- Another Winter
- Further Adventures with "Heart Talks"
- "Odi Profanum Vulgus"*
- The Movies
- The Test
- Chapter III: No Matter!
- Richard Caramel.
- The Beating
- The Encounter
- Together with the Sparrows
- Explanatory Notes
- End_Add.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Beautiful and Damned
- ISBN:
- 9780192596895
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