{"product_id":"the-beautiful-and-damned-paperback-1","title":"The Beautiful and Damned - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKermit Vanderbilt\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"We know the old adage about judging books by their covers, but how could you not when the covers are as lovely as these?\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e (U.K.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe jacket design by Coralie Bickford-Smith reflects the elegance and glamour of the Art Deco period paired with the modern aesthetic of mechanical repetition. Each jacket comes with a detachable bookmark.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and they intend to inherit the earth. But as money becomes tight, their marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still distant, Anthony and Gloria must grow up and face reality; they may be beautiful but they are also damned.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and went to Princeton University which he left in 1917 to join the army. Fitzgerald was said to have epitomised the Jazz Age, an age inhabited by a generation he defined as 'grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre. Their destructive relationship and her subsequent mental breakdowns became a major influence on his writing. Among his publications were five novels, \u003cb\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Great Gatsby\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Beautiful and the Damned\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eTender is the Night\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eThe Love of the Last Tycoon\u003c\/b\u003e (his last and unfinished work): six volumes of short stories and \u003cb\u003eThe Crack-Up\u003c\/b\u003e, a selection of autobiographical pieces. Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940. After his death \u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/b\u003e said of him that 'He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a \"generation\" ... he might have interpreted them and even guided them, as in their middle years they saw a different and nobler freedom threatened with destruction.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 7.73 x 5.09 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758696956192,"sku":"9780141180878","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ed813554631b2531d9e993e95f587ed.webp?v=1780133004","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-beautiful-and-damned-paperback-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}