"The Beautiful and Damned," first published in 1922, was F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. It tells the story of Anthony Patch (a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune), his relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. The novel provides an excellent portrait of the Eastern elite as the Jazz Age begins its ascent, engulfing all classes into what will soon be known as Cafe Society. As with all of his other novels, it is a brilliant character study and is also an early account of the complexities of marriage and intimacy that were further...

The Beautiful and Damned, first published by Scribner's in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. It tells the story of Anthony Patch (a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune), his relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. The novel provides an excellent portrait of the Eastern elite as the Jazz Age begins its ascent, engulfing all classes into what would soon be known as Cafe Society. As with all of his other novels, it is a brilliant character study and is also an early account of the complexities of marriage and intimacy that...

This early work is Francis Scott Fitzgerald s second novel. A fascinating read from the Jazz Age that artfully conjures up the atmosphere of the 1920s flapper generation. The author ranks among the best regarded writers of the twentieth century and is most famous for his celebrated novel The Great Gatsby. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork."

First you take a drink, F. Scott Fitzgerald once noted, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you. Fitzgerald wrote alcohol into almost every one of his stories. On Booze gathers debutantes and dandies, rowdy jazz musicians, lost children and ragtime riff-raff into a newly compiled collection taken from The Crack-Up, and other works never before published by New Directions. On Booze portrays The Jazz Age as Fitzgerald experienced it: roaring, rambunctious, and lush with quite a hangover."

F. Scott Fitzgerald great American novel centers on Amory Blaine, a young Midwesterner who, convinced that he has an exceptionally promising future, attends boarding school and later Princeton University. At Princeton he falls in love with Isabelle Borge, and despite his efforts to court her, is rejected. Following their break-up, Amory is shipped overseas, to serve in the army in World War I. After the war, Amory Blaine falls in love with a New York debutante named Rosalind Connage.

Er ist der letzte Hollywood-Produzent, der Mittelma und Klischees nicht duldet: Monroe Stahr verbringt Tag und Nacht in den Aufnahmestudios, Vorfhrrumen und Drehbuchschreiber-Bros, um die Arbeit an seinen Filmen zu berwachen. Als ein Gewitter nachts die Kulisse fr eine Burma-Szene unter Wasser setzt, ist er sofort zur Stelle und entdeckt dabei zwei Frauen, die sich unerlaubt auf das Gelnde geschlichen haben. Eine davon ist Kathleen Moore deren natrlicher Charme Monroe Stahr vom ersten Augenblick an in den Bann zieht.

Amory Blaine ist begabt und privilegiert. Von der Mutter hat er die berzeugung, zu Hherem geboren zu sein. Er studiert in Princeton, und nach etlichen Flirts begegnet er Rosalind, seiner ersten groen Liebe. Als sie ihn fr einen anderen verlt, zerschellen Amorys jugendliche Ideale. Was bleibt, ist der Alkohol aber trotz aller Trauer und Enttuschung auch die Erkenntnis, da das Leben, so pathetisch und lcherlich es oft scheint, doch lebenswert ist: nicht jenseits, sondern diesseits vom Paradies.

A self-portrait of a great writer. A Short Autobiography charts Fitzgerald's progression from exuberant and cocky with "What I think and Feel at 25," to mature and reflective with "One Hundred False Starts" and "The Death of My Father." Compiled and edited by Professor James West, this revealing collection of personal essays and articles reveals the beloved author in his own words.