The Beautiful and Damned
Download or Read eBook The Beautiful and Damned PDF written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 1998-05-07 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Publisher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 1998-05-07 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780192832641 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0192832646 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Beautiful and Damned by : F. Scott Fitzgerald
Book excerpt: `The victor belongs to the spoils.' Fitzgerald's ironic epigraph to The Beautiful and Damned exemplifies his attitude toward the young rootless post-World War One generation who believed life to be meaningless and who pursued wealth despite its corrosive effect. Gloria and Anthony Patch party until money runs out; then their goal becomes Adam Patch's fortune. Gloria's beauty fades and Anthony's drinking takes its horrible toll. Fitzgerald here once again displays a wariness of the upper classes, `an abiding distrust, an animosity, toward the leisure class - not the conviction of a revolutionist but the smouldering hatred of a peasant'.
