{"product_id":"9781847497390","title":"The Beautiful and Damned","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): F. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe heir to his grandfather's considerable fortune, Anthony Patch is led astray from the path to gainful employment by the temptations of the 1920s Jazz Age. His descent into dissolution and profligacy is accelerated by his marriage to the attractive but turbulent Gloria, and the couple soon discover the dangerous flip side of a life of glamour and debauchery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContaining obvious parallels with F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's own lives, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned \u003c\/i\u003eis a tragic examination of the pitfalls of greed and materialism and the transience of youth and beauty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781847497390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Alma Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40698759676110,"sku":"9781847497390","price":8.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_fe7001de-9745-4513-8990-8f3005ea6b59.jpg?v=1640494606","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781847497390","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}