{"product_id":"the-beautiful-and-damned-9780375759642","title":"The Beautiful and Damned","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction by Hortense Calisher\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCommentary by Edmund Wilson, Henry Seidel Canby, and Arthur Mizener\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fitzgerald's second novel, a devastating portrait of the excesses of the Jazz Age, is a largely autobiographical depiction of a glamorous, reckless Manhattan couple and their spectacular spiral into tragedy. Published on the heels of \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise, \u003c\/i\u003ethe story of the Harvard-educated aesthete Anthony Patch and his willful wife, Gloria, is propelled by Fitzgerald's intense romantic imagination and demonstrates an increased technical and emotional maturity. \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned \u003c\/i\u003eis at once a gripping morality tale, a rueful meditation on love, marriage, and money, and an acute social document. As Hortense Calisher observes in her Introduction, \"Though Fitzgerald can entrance with stories so joyfully youthful they appear to be safe--when he cuts himself, you will bleed.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes a Modern Library Reading Group Guide\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375759642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.14h x 5.82w x 0.92d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e32372 \/ Beautiful and Damned\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 22\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"F. Scott Fitzgerald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44700349300917,"sku":"9780375759642","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_aad8cc85-a4cb-4529-8dd2-4bf96c0ea776.jpg?v=1728396796","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-beautiful-and-damned-9780375759642","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}