The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, and the couple's post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism.Gloria and Anthony's love story is much more than just a couple falling in love. Their story deals with the hardships of a relationship, especially when each character has a tendency to be selfish. ...
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The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, and the couple's post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism.Gloria and Anthony's love story is much more than just a couple falling in love. Their story deals with the hardships of a relationship, especially when each character has a tendency to be selfish. Joanna Stolarek suggests, Fitzgerald draws on "Zelda, the object of the writer's literary passion"
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As a lover of classic American literature I was completely engrossed with this novel. Not only is it a in interesting insight into the mind of F. Scott but it also adds another element to the understanding of his personal life with Miss Zelda Sayre. This wonderful novel is a MUST for anyone who has read and enjoyed The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald creates believable characters and the foundation to personally connect with them on a deeper level. This not only assists in a greater understanding of his literature but more importantly, a greater understanding in the human condition.
