Fitzgerald's ironic epigraph to The Beautiful and Damned exemplifies his attitude toward the young rootless post-World War One generation who believed lifeto be meaningless and who pursued wealth despite its corrosive effect. Gloriaand Anthony Patch party until money runs out; then their goal becomes Adam Patch's fortune. Gloria's beauty fades and Anthony's drinking takes its horribletoll. Fitzgerald here once again displays a wariness of the upper classes, 'an abiding distrust, an animosity, toward the leisure class - not the conviction of a revolutionist but the smouldering hatred of a peasant'.
- ISBN: 978-0-19-953910-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 400
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés