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The Beautiful and Damned
1920·439 pages
Aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and wife Gloria await a fortune as their reckless Jazz Age marriage unravels through alcohol and ambition.
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Aspiring aesthete Anthony Patch and wife Gloria await a fortune as their reckless Jazz Age marriage unravels through alcohol and ambition.
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First published in 1922, The Beautiful and Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, 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 influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveau r...
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Sexual content
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Marital desire and infidelity; sensual but non-explicit period intimacy
Violence & gore
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Brief wartime and scuffle references; no graphic violence
Profanity
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Occasional mild period language
Substance use
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Central alcoholism; heavy drinking drives the couple’s moral and physical ruin
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Moral-reformer grandfather; passing ethical and religious references
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Classism, materialism, sexism, racial slurs, and antisemitism in elite society
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicidal ideation amid despair and personal decline
Abuse & suffering
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Emotional and domestic abuse; toxic marriage with gaslighting and misogyny
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