The Beautiful and the Damned de F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Beautiful and the Damned

F. Scott Fitzgerald

First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveau riche and New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects of wild ambition, The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerald's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day. Pocket Book's Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhanced for the contemporary reader. Special features include critical perspectives, suggestions for further read, and a unique visual essay composed of period photographs that help bring every word to life.

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Paperback (9)	50^.26 lei 3-5 săpt.
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–	106^.95 lei 6-8 săpt.
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Echo Library – 21 oct 2015	142^.11 lei 38-44 zile
Hardback (1)	235^.75 lei 6-8 săpt.
SMK Books – 3 apr 2018	235^.75 lei 6-8 săpt.

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Express

Paperback (9)

50^.26 lei 3-5 săpt.

Penguin Random House Group – 5 noi 2015

50^.26 lei 3-5 săpt.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform –

87^.99 lei 3-5 săpt.

–

118^.19 lei 3-5 săpt.

CREATESPACE –

140^.90 lei 3-5 săpt.

–

143^.56 lei 3-5 săpt.

SMK Books – 12 oct 2010

103^.23 lei 6-8 săpt.

–

106^.95 lei 6-8 săpt.

–

106^.95 lei 6-8 săpt.

Echo Library – 21 oct 2015

142^.11 lei 38-44 zile

Hardback (1)

235^.75 lei 6-8 săpt.

SMK Books – 3 apr 2018

235^.75 lei 6-8 săpt.

Notă biografică

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 - December 21, 1940), known professionally as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was an American novelist and short story writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He finished four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, was published posthumously. Fitzgerald also wrote numerous short stories, many of which treat themes of youth and promise, and age and despair. Paris in the 1920s proved the most influential decade of Fitzgerald's development. Fitzgerald made several excursions to Europe, and became friends with many members of the American expatriate community in Paris, notably Ernest Hemingway. Fitzgerald's friendship with Hemingway was quite effusive, as many of Fitzgerald's relationships would prove to be. Like most professional authors at the time, Fitzgerald supplemented his income by writing short stories for such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's Weekly, and Esquire, and sold his stories and novels to Hollywood studios. Fitzgerald claimed that he would first write his stories in an 'authentic' manner, then rewrite them to put in the "twists that made them into salable magazine stories." Although Fitzgerald's passion lay in writing novels, only his first novel sold well enough to support the opulent lifestyle that he and his wife, Zelda, adopted as New York celebrities. The Great Gatsby, did not become popular until after Fitzgerald's death.