The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, and the couple's post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism.[1][3] Gloria and Anthony's love story is much more than just a couple falling in love. Their story deals with the hardships of a relationship, especially when each character has a tendency to be selfish. Joanna Stolarek suggests, Fitzgerald draws on "Zelda, the object of the writer's literary passion"
- | Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
- | Publication Date: Jul 29, 2016
- | Number of Pages: 418 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1511586982
- | ISBN-13: 9781511586986