F. S. Fitzgerald (1896–1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. Embellished with the author’s lyrical prose, «The Beautiful and Damned» is the story of Harvardeducated, aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather’s fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the infl uence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveau riche and New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects of wild ambition...