The beautiful and damned

Fitzgerald, F. Scott. (Author). Dufris, William. (Added Author).

Summary: Set in the heady Jazz Age of New York, The Beautiful and Damned chronicles the relationship between Anthony Patch, a Harvard-educated aspiring aesthete, and his beautiful trophy wife, Gloria, as they wait to inherit his grandfather's fortune. Anticipating easy millions, they embrace the glittering, hedonistic lifestyle of the pretentious nouveaux riches, but find that they are living a dream that is all too fleeting.A devastating satire of reckless ambition and squandered talent, Fitzgerald's novel is also a shattering portrait of a marriage wasted by alcohol and wealth. It depicts an America embarked on the greatest spree in its history, a world Fitzgerald embraced even as he attacked its false social values and shallow literary tastes. Lyrical, romantic, yet cruelly incisive, it signaled a new stage in Fitzgerald's career.

Record details

ISBN: 9781483088914 (sound recording)
Physical Description: electronic
electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (15 audio files) : digital
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: Ashland : Blackstone Publishing, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator: William Dufris.
Target Audience Note:	Text Difficulty 10 - Text Difficulty 12
System Details Note:	Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 367183 KB).