The beautiful and damned
F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited by Alan Margolies.
Bok Engelsk 1998 · Electronic books.
| Medvirkende | Margolies, Alan, (editor.)
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (400 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of F. Scott Fitzgerald; THE BEAUTIFUL AND DAMNED; Explanatory Notes. - `The victor belongs to the spoils.' Fitzgerald's ironic epigraph to The Beautiful and Damned exemplifies his attitude toward the young rootless post-World War One generation who believed life to be meaningless and who pursued wealth despite its corrosive effect. Gloria and 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 horrible toll. 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
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| ISBN | 0-19-161051-8. - 0-19-161105-0. - 1-283-16834-0. - 9786613168344
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