The Beautiful and Damned and Other Stories

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Feel the swing and sway of the Jazz Age in this collection of stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

F. Scott FitzgeraldsThe Beautiful and Damned explores the world of Americas upper class during World War I and the beginning of the Jazz Age. Loosely based on Fitzgeralds relationship with his wife, Zelda, the novel centers around Anthony Patch, a young East Coast socialite who is heir to his grandfathers fortune and lacks motivation to pursue a meaningful career. In his attempt to find his place in society while waiting for his inheritance, Anthony loses himself to alcoholism; neglects his wife, Gloria; and struggles with the realities of everyday life. This volume also includes seven short stories by Fitzgerald published in the early 1920s, including The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

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F. Scott Fitzgerald (18961940) was an American writer whose best-known works include This Side of Paradise (1922), The Great Gatsby (1925), and Tender Is the Night (1934).