{"product_id":"9781593082451","title":"The Beautiful and Damned (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003eIn 1921 \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e was twenty-five and heralded as the most promising writer of his generation, owing to the success of his first novel \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e. Recently married to the girl of his dreams, the former Zelda Sayre, Fitzgerald built upon his sudden prosperity with \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e, a cautionary tale of reckless ambition and squandered talent set amid the glitter of Jazz Age New York. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel chronicles the relationship of Anthony Patch, a Harvard-educated, aspiring writer, and his beautiful young wife, Gloria. While they wait for Anthony’s grandfather to die and pass his millions on to them, the young couple enjoys an endless string of parties, traveling, and extravagance. Beginning with the pop and fizz of life itself, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e quickly evolves into a scathing chronicle of a dying marriage and a hedonistic society in which beauty is all too fleeting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fierce parable about the illusory quality of dreams, the intractable nature of reality, and the ruin wrought by time, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and the Damned\u003c\/i\u003e eerily anticipates the dissipation and decline that would come to the Fitzgeralds themselves before the decade had run its course.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePagan Harleman\u003c\/b\u003e studied literature at Columbia College, then traveled extensively in the Middle East and West Africa before receiving an MFA from New York University’s graduate film program. While at NYU she made several award-winning shorts and received the Dean’s Fellowship, the Steven Tisch Fellowship, and a Director’s Craft Award.","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47031132422384,"sku":"9781593082451","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593082451_p0.jpg?v=1763808354","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593082451","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}