The Beautiful and the Damned (Mojito Press Illustrated Modern Classics)

by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Peter Michael Rosenberg (Introduction), Graphicz X Designs (Illustrator)

Overview

First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damned is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. Exploring the elite of New York Café Society, the novel brilliantly captures the louche, sometimes decadent lifestyle of the Eastern elite during the Jazz Age. Fitzgerald's characters - as in all his novels - are complex, difficult people, and Anthony Patch, a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, is one of Fitzgerald's most memorable protagonists. His relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and descent into alcoholism are believed to be largely based on Fitzgerald's own relationship and marriage to Zelda Fitzgerald.

The novels and stories chosen for Mojito Press Illustrated Modern Classic are all currently out of copyright, and consequently other versions of the text may be available elsewhere free of charge. However, with these editions, we wanted to be bring you versions that were both attractive and properly formatted with:

- new, striking covers
- a set of ten brand new full-color illustrations, commissioned from the book cover specialists Graphicz X Designs
- proper formatting for Nook and designed to ensure maximum readability, including active table of contents to make it easy to skip from chapter to chapter and generally find your way around each volume.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013897687
Publisher:	Mojito Press
Publication date:	03/05/2012
Series:	Mojito Press Illustrated Modern Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald rose to prominence during the 1920's as an author of novels and short stories that defined the era known as "the Jazz Age". Considered by many to be one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. He completed numerous short stories but only four novels: This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender is the Night and his most famous, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon, was published after his death. His many short stories dealt with themes of youth and promise along with despair and age. The Great Gatsby and Tender is the Night were both made into films.

Date of Birth:

September 24, 1896

Date of Death:

December 21, 1940

Place of Birth:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Education:

Princeton University