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The Beautiful and Damned A Novel of Wealth, Marriage, and Jazz Age Decadence
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24.08.2026
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Wilder Publications, Inc.Seitenzahl
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671 KB
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Englisch
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9781515471165
Young, wealthy, and convinced that an enormous inheritance will eventually make work unnecessary, Anthony Patch has little interest in building a life of his own. Then he meets Gloria Gilbert-beautiful, charismatic, restless, and equally devoted to pleasure. Their attraction is immediate, and marriage seems like the natural beginning of a dazzling life together.
Instead, Anthony and Gloria drift deeper into parties, drinking, expensive habits, and relentless expectation. As money becomes scarce and Anthony's anticipated inheritance grows uncertain, their glamorous existence begins to decay. Love turns increasingly into resentment, ambition gives way to idleness, and the couple who once seemed destined to possess everything discover how quickly beauty and privilege can become traps.
The Beautiful and Damned is Fitzgerald's sharp, dark portrait of wealth without purpose and desire without restraint. Beneath its glittering parties and witty dialogue lies a devastating study of marriage, entitlement, self-destruction, and the corrosive belief that happiness will arrive without sacrifice. Written just before the culture Fitzgerald famously identified with the Jazz Age reached its full roar, the novel captures both the seductive glamour and the emptiness beneath it.
Instead, Anthony and Gloria drift deeper into parties, drinking, expensive habits, and relentless expectation. As money becomes scarce and Anthony's anticipated inheritance grows uncertain, their glamorous existence begins to decay. Love turns increasingly into resentment, ambition gives way to idleness, and the couple who once seemed destined to possess everything discover how quickly beauty and privilege can become traps.
The Beautiful and Damned is Fitzgerald's sharp, dark portrait of wealth without purpose and desire without restraint. Beneath its glittering parties and witty dialogue lies a devastating study of marriage, entitlement, self-destruction, and the corrosive belief that happiness will arrive without sacrifice. Written just before the culture Fitzgerald famously identified with the Jazz Age reached its full roar, the novel captures both the seductive glamour and the emptiness beneath it.
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