{"product_id":"the-beautiful-and-damned-paperback-7","title":"The Beautiful and Damned - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this follow-up to his tremendously successful first novel, \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Paradise, \u003c\/i\u003e F. Scott Fitzgerald again recaptures the Jazz Age's darker side as well as its excitement and \u003ci\u003ejoie de vivre.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/i\u003e traces the meteoric path of two glittering young socialites. Building their marriage on the shaky foundation of an expected inheritance, they devote themselves to hedonistic pursuits that lead to moral and financial bankruptcy.\u003cbr\u003e The characters' self-indulgence and mutual destruction anticipated the tragic lives of Scott and his flapper wife, Zelda. The Fitzgeralds regarded the world as a stage and their lives as performances, and their glamorous doings became as well-known as any of Scott's books. In an eerie foreshadowing of the real-life couple's rapid descent into ruin, this lyric, compulsively readable narrative examines the perishable nature of dreams in the face of reality--a theme scrutinized with profound effect in the book's esteemed successor, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe literary reputation of F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) is noted for its popular appeal as well as its critical acclaim. His novels and short stories recapture the excitement and \u003ci\u003ejoie de vivre \u003c\/i\u003eof the Jazz Age as well as its darker side, as evidenced by his most popular book, \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.11 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 30, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Beautiful and Damned\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.7\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 22\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47419174846642,"sku":"9781731701541","price":31.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/3fbaa1a0b93e4753c71752717460ed6c.webp?v=1778470160","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-beautiful-and-damned-paperback-7","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}