{"product_id":"the-beautiful-and-damned-9781982147808","title":"The Beautiful and Damned","description":"\u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel--written at a pivotal moment in his career--is now available in a beautifully designed special collector's edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned \u003c\/i\u003eis a stunning satire of the glamorous but doomed marriage between Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Harvard-educated Patch is waiting for his inheritance upon his grandfather's death. His marriage to Gloria is fueled by alcohol and destroyed by greed. This shallow, pleasure-seeking couple race through a series of fiascoes--first in hilarity, then in despair. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA devastating portrait of the nouveaux rich, New York nightlife, reckless ambition, and squandered talent, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1922 on the heels of Fitzgerald's first novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e. This keenly observed novel signaled Fitzgerald's maturity as a storyteller and confirmed his enormous talent as a novelist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781982147808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.50w x 1.70d\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":36674260041884,"sku":"9781982147808","price":22.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_2fe08377-86ab-4f91-a906-858285a12166.jpg?v=1603931649","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-beautiful-and-damned-9781982147808","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}