- The Beautiful And Damned

Anthony Patch was a shallow, small-minded, egoistical man. He was having a damned hard time keeping a goddess wife, Gloria. He was her slave. I was amazed, disgusted at Gloria's heartless vanity; why so much beauty should be given to those who made so bad a use of it. Both of them accustomed themselves to the enjoyment of riches. They considered fortune as necessary everywhere. As soon as he lost his fortune and funds, he was disgraced, he lost his character, and lost all the few friends he had. It's very easy to resist temptation, if one wishes.

Item is looking old

Good quality book at reasonable rate by publisher, great condition, paper quality good, on time delivery, very happy with the overall experience. This is a review of beautiful and damned by F Scott fitzgerald NOT Robert M Drake

Beautiful book and beautiful cover

The book is extremely boring.. I couldn't even get myself to turn a single page.. will try again and update my review in case any change..

Great book

Fitzgerald had written some really great critical pieces on the society and the intricacies of human emotions and love. He has a very realistic outlook towards the society. His other book, The Great Gatsby, is another such master work where he has explored the opposite of this book, The Beautiful and Damned. I can easily figure out the contrast between the two. In case of Gatsby, he has all the money in the world but not his true love with him which he craved, while in this book, Anthony has all the money but not really the true form of love that he would have desired. This is a deep meaning novel and would recommend absorbing its message well rather than the superficial story. Fitzgerald was a great writer.

aa