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The Beautiful and Damned / F. Scott Fitzgerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by William Blazek.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940, author.
Contributor:
Blazek, William, editor.
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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