Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.

 

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
26 used & new from £3.63

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics)
 
 

The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)

by F Scott Fitzgerald (Author), Geoff Dyer (Introduction) "In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least,..." (more)
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
RRP: £8.99
Price: £6.99 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £2.00 (22%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.

Want guaranteed delivery by Thursday, July 16? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details
21 new from £3.63 5 used from £3.67

Frequently Bought Together

The Beautiful and Damned (Penguin Modern Classics) + Tender is the Night (Penguin Popular Classics) + This Side of Paradise (Dover Thrift)
Price For All Three: £12.24

Show availability and shipping details


Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Tender is the Night (Penguin Popular Classics)

Tender is the Night (Penguin Popular Classics)

by F Scott Fitzgerald
4.2 out of 5 stars (32)  £2.25
This Side of Paradise (Dover Thrift)

This Side of Paradise (Dover Thrift)

by F.Scott Fitzgerald
4.2 out of 5 stars (5)  £3.00
The Last Tycoon (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Last Tycoon (Penguin Modern Classics)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald
£6.74
The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Great Gatsby (Penguin Modern Classics)

by F Scott Fitzgerald
4.8 out of 5 stars (25)  £5.49
The Collected Short Stories of F.Scott Fitzgerald (Penguin Modern Classics)

The Collected Short Stories of F.Scott Fitzgerald (Penguin Modern Classics)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald
4.5 out of 5 stars (2)  £8.44
Explore similar items

Product details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics (30 Sep 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141187816
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141187815
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 12,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in these categories:

    #2 in  Books > Fiction > Authors, A-Z > D > Dyer, Geoff
    #10 in  Books > Fiction > 20th Century Classics > Fitzgerald, F. Scott
    #19 in  Books > Fiction > Contemporary Fiction: 1970 Onwards > Lad Lit

Product Description

Product Description
Anthony 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 ang Gloria must grow up and face reality; they may be beautiful but they are also damned.

Book Information
A vivid depiction of life amid the glitter of Jazz Age New York.

Few writers have been as successful as F. Scott Fitzgerald in conveying autobiographical materials into literary art. The Beautiful and Damned transforms the now-familiar stories about F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald’s early marriage--the scandalous public behaviour, the nights of drunken revelry and days darkened by the ever-present shadow of insurmountable debt - into a captivating work of fiction.

Anthony Patch ‘one of those many with tastes and weaknesses of an artist but with no actual creative inspiration’ and the beautiful, flirtatious Gloria, are newly married. Anticipating an inheritance from Anthony’s family, they embrace a style of life far beyond their means. In chronicling their decline--moral, physical, and financial--and offering a grimly ironic twist at the end, Fitzgerald created a satirical yet poignant portrait of the generation he and his work would define, not only for his contemporaries, but for all future readers.

For more titles in the Penguin Classics range, visit Amazon.co.uk's Penguin Classics Bookstore. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

See all Product Description


Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
In 1913, when Anthony Patch was twenty-five, two years were already gone since irony, the Holy Ghost of this later day, had, theoretically at least, descended upon him. Read the first page
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Tags Customers Associate with This Product

 (What's this?)
Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
Check the boxes next to the tags you consider relevant or enter your own tags in the field below

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

What Do Customers Ultimately Buy After Viewing This Item?


 

Customer Reviews

5 Reviews
5 star:
 (4)
4 star:
 (1)
3 star:    (0)
2 star:    (0)
1 star:    (0)
 
 
 
 
 
Average Customer Review
4.8 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews)
 
 
 
 
Share your thoughts with other customers:
Most Helpful Customer Reviews

 
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A 'Beautiful' writer in a 'Damned' era , 11 Oct 2007
F.Scott Fitzgerald is a writer of remarkable talent. His prose sparkles with a beauty that juxtaposes with his often tragic subject matter. 'The Beautiful and Damned' explores some of the issues that would plague his own career as a writer who never really managed to top the acclaim bestowed upon 'The Great Gatsby', a devastatingly beautiful and seminal piece of 20th century literature. 'The Beautiful and Damned' boasts an array of would-be writers, actresses and dancers whom epitomise an era of of vanity, excess and alcohol. But underneath the shiny veneer lurks the inner turmoil of Anthony's talent that is never successfully fulfilled and capricious Gloria's despair that her good looks cannot be maintained. Anthony's descent into alcohol and depression is truely heartbreaking, especially as it ironically peaks as both the main protagonists' bad luck is about to change. This is perhaps telling of the era that Fitzgerald evoked in lucid vitality with the hustle and bustle of fashion, jazz, and alcoholic delights, but at the same time viewed with cynicism. As Gloria bemoans that she cannot afford a much in vogue grey squirrel fur coat, and her husband self medicates with copious amounts of alcohol, Fitzgerald's prose exposes the subtle horrors of innocence lost to an era of excess.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The Beautiful and Damned -- Damned Beautiful!, 3 Dec 1997
By A Customer
We're coming into an age referred to by many as the "Cocktail Nation," and our youth is experimenting with swing dancing, swing music, making bathtub absinthe, and trying to recreate the air of my most favorite decade of all times: the roaring '20s.

"The Beautiful and Damned," is by far the best work by the man who almost single-handedly created the image of the flapper. F. Scott Fitzgerald was as much the voice of his generation as we claim modern alternative musicians are the voice of ours.

Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)



 
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Important development on the way to writing The Great Gatsby, 30 Jun 1999
By A Customer
This is by no means Fitzgerald's greatest work - it pales in comparison to The Great Gatsby. Still, it is extremely funny, well-written and at times intelligent. But Fitzgerald almost spoils his own work by his unnecessary use of sub-titles and his ocassional descents into a overly self-conscious writing style - reference is even made to his first novel, This Side Of Paradise. I actually think that The Beautiful And Damned, despite its obvious flaws, is much better than This Side Of Paradise, which is rather disjointed.
Comment Comment | Permalink | Was this review helpful to you? Yes No (Report this)


Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
 
 
 
Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars VERY TOUCHING AND VERY WELL DONE
"It is seven thirty on an August evening. The windows in the living room of the gray house are wide open patiently exchanging the tainted inner atmosphere of liquor and smoke for... Read more
Published 14 days ago by Heather Marshall Negahdar

5.0 out of 5 stars A Lost Jewel
i enjoyed this book much more than The Great Gatsby. I true masterpiece and a must-read for all thinking young people.
Published on 25 Nov 1998

Only search this product's reviews



Customer Discussions

 Beta (What's this?)
This product's forum (0 discussions)
  Discussion Replies Latest Post
  No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
  [Cancel]


   
Related forums


Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Feedback


The Beautiful and the Damned...

The Beautiful and...

An adroit piece of fiction based on reality. It satirizes the... Read more
£9.99 £8.99

Find similar items

 

More From F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald

In 1922, F Scott Fitzgerald announced his decision to write "something... Read more
£2.50 £2.25

 

We've Got Converse

Converse
Stock up on your favourite styles with great deals on Converse shoes.

Shop Converse

 

Treat Someone

Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificates--available in any amount from £5 to £500 With an Amazon.co.uk Gift Certificate, you can get them what they want (even if you don't know what that is).

Learn more about Gift Certificates

 
Ad

Where's My Stuff?

Delivery and Returns

Need Help?

Your Recent History

  (What's this?)
You have no recently viewed items or searches.

After viewing product detail pages or search results, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.

Look to the right column to find helpful suggestions for your shopping session.

Continue Shopping: Top Sellers

amazon.co.uk Amazon Home
International Sites:  United States  |  Germany  |  France  |  Japan  |  Canada  |  China
Business Programs: Sell on Amazon  |  Fulfilment by Amazon  |  Join Associates  |  Join Advantage
Customer Service  |  Help  |  View Basket  |  Your Account
About Amazon.co.uk  |  Careers at Amazon
Conditions of Use & Sale |  Privacy Notice  © 1996-2009, Amazon.com, Inc. and its affiliates