The Beautiful and Damned - Fitzgerald, F. Scott
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First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damned is the second novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, it tells 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. It explores and portrays New York cafe society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age before and after "The Great War" and in the early 1920's.

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Produktbeschreibung
First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damned is the second novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, it tells 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. It explores and portrays New York cafe society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age before and after "The Great War" and in the early 1920's.
Autorenporträt
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) byl americký spisovatel, jeho díla se stala symbolem "jazzového v¿ku". Proslavil se svými romány i povídkami, v nich zachycoval bohatství, touhy a zklamání své generace. Jeho nejznám¿jí knihou je Velký Gatsby (1925), povaovaný za jeden z nejv¿tích román¿ 20. století. Fitzgerald¿v styl se vyznäuje lyrickou elegancí a pronikavou psychologií postav. P¿estoe se za jeho ivota potýkal s finan¿ními problémy a uznání získal a posmrtn¿, dnes je vnímán jako jeden z nejvýznamn¿jích amerických autor¿ moderní literatury.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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