num_pages: 449
description: The Beautiful and Damned is the story of Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Harvard-educated and an aspiring aesthete, Patch is waiting for his inheritance upon his grandfather's death. His reckless marriage to Gloria is fueled by alcohol and destroyed by greed. The Patches race through a series of alcohol-induced fiascoes - first in hilarity, then in despair. The Beautiful and Damned, a devastating portrait of the nouveaux riches, New York nightlife, a reckless ambition, an squandered talent, was published in 1922 on the heels of Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise. It signaled his maturity as a storyteller and confirmed his enormous talent as a novelist.
language: English
title: The Beautiful and Damned
titlecomplete: The Beautiful and Damned
characters: Anthony Patch, Gloria Gilbert
genres: 20th Century, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 56437
awards: awardedAt: 1641024000000
name: Metų verstinė knyga
category: Fiction
publisher: Scribner