{"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\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16149195\"\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Modern Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/12\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\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\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780375759642\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0375759646\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC045000\"\u003eFamily Life | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eHortense Calisher \u003c\/b\u003e(1911\u003ci\u003e-\u003c\/i\u003e2009)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewas the author of more than twenty books, including the National Book Award nominees \u003ci\u003eFalse Entry, Herself, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories of Hortense Calisher\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48460499910893,"sku":"9780375759642","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_306299e8-59c1-4e03-afba-f874ff6a2e89.jpg?v=1753665384","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-beautiful-and-damned-9780375759642","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}