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    Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi
    Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi
    Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi
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    Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi

    By F. Scott Fitzgerald

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    Enjoying a spectacular surge in popularity, F. Scott Fitzgerald is more widely read than ever and this collection of three of his novels is a valuable addition to the Fitzgerald library.

    The Beautiful and Damned is the story of Anthony Patch and his wife, Gloria. Harvard-educated Patch is waiting for his inheritance upon his grandfather's death. His reckless marriage to Gloria is fueled by alcohol and is destroyed by greed. The Patches race through a series of fiascoes—first in hilarity, and then in despair. The Beautiful and Damned, a devastating portrait of the nouveaux riches, New York nightlife, reckless ambition, and squandered talent, was published in 1922 on the heels of Fitzgerald's first novel. It signaled his maturity as a storyteller and confirmed his enormous talent as a novelist.

    Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick's harrowing demise. Lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative, Tender Is the Night, Mabel Dodge Luhan remarked, raised F. Scott Fitzgerald to the heights of "a modern Orpheus."

    This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgerald's youth and offers a poignant portrait of the "Lost Generation."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherScribner
    Release dateAug 27, 2013
    ISBN9781476746289
    Three Novels: Tender is the Night; The Beautiful and Damned; Thi
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    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940) is regarded as one of the greatest American authors of the 20th century. His short stories and novels are set in the American ‘Jazz Age’ of the Roaring Twenties and include This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night, The Great Gatsby, The Last Tycoon, and Tales of the Jazz Age.

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    • 4/5
      Cautionary tale about depravity and decadence. Very flowery writing style which is hit-or-miss. Still pretty good, though.
    • 2/5
      It's just no Great Gatsby. The descriptive power and fluid prose that I expect from Fitzgerald are still there, as is the commentary on the meaninglessness of daily existence, but the work lacks staying power. It just isn't a compelling read, and it doesn't leave you with a strong impression of its beauty the way that Gatsby does.
    • 4/5
      Good Lord, Fitzgerald, you can write depression like nobody’s business. While I could never call The Beautiful and the Damned an enjoyable read, per se, I can definitely say that Fitzgerald is a master of character study. His portrayal of the downward spiral of Anthony and Gloria is just as wrenching today as it must have been in the twenties. How often do we see the mighty socialites fall; the tabloids are covered with such stories. Difference is, Fitzgerald writes about them beautifully. If you’ve ever known someone in the throes of alcoholism, you’ll recognize them in Anthony Patch. If you’ve ever known a woman (or man, I guess) who cannot let go of their youth, who has only one strength in the world — their beauty — and who loses it as they age, you know Gloria. You’ll even recognize others in the secondary characters — the suicidal Dot who can’t be without her man, the once-great author who starts to write shtick for cash, the groups of friends who party themselves into oblivion. It’s all here. And Fitzgerald’s beautiful, light, honest writing does it all justice. Nearly a hundred years later, The Beautiful and the Damned is just as relevant.
    • 5/5
      If eggs didn't excite you before, they definetly will after reading this book. Eggs come is different sizes, colors, shapes, and textures. Some eggs are as small as jelly beans and others so big it takes two hands to hold it. Read this book to see how interesting eggs really are.
    • 3/5
      Beautifully written but story left me a little cold.
    • 5/5
      Definitely a fine example of an artist maturing. I loved this book. Throughout the novel, Anthony Patch is a fucking douchebag, but it's something where finally the douchebag gets what he deserves. Certainly Great Expectations doesn't end with Pip gettin his just desserts. Anthony and Gloria are unlikeable but fully realized characters and the book shows examples of the thought process that lead to the Great Depression, although at 450 pages, it's not as tight as the masterful Great Gatsby (which was under 200).
    • 4/5
      Nobody crafts simultaneously sympathetic and contemptible drunks quite like Fitzgerald. One of those books where you love the writing and hate the story because you have to watch characters who have been born with so much piss it all away through booze and lethargy. I'm happy Fitzgerald turned out to be a writer but, if he hadn't been, he would have made one heck of a psychologist. He has no trouble pinpointing the frailities of human character and he's not afraid to detail them.
    • 4/5
      This book interested me, but at the same time bored me. The characters were not at all likeable in anyway. The book was slow and lacked an intriging plot line. However, I would recommend it. I think this book is almost dead on alot of upper class lives back then and now. I was personally able to relate the characters to people in my own life.
    • 4/5
      This book is a marvel of styles: it can sometimes be very classically descriptive, even poetic in its romantic passages, or it can be quick witted dialogue and read like a play. The pace of the novel, as well, brilliantly changes as events precipitate: the first books set the stage: a fun-loving, party-going couple with no cares; the reader can predict tragedy, an inexorable end, until the war arrives and the whole dynamic changes. All of a sudden, the pace quickens, the characters, instead of seizing a chance for change, sink further into their habits until Anthony's alcoholism becomes pitiable and Gloria's vanity ridiculous. I did wonder how it would all end, and the ending is predictably dramatic - it was the irony that threw me off.Fitzgerald's characters are not likable, nor are they meant to be, but they are intensely human and real, both puppets and makers of their lives. Although there are some lengthy passages, ultimately, the reader will become attached to these touching figures.
    • 5/5
      Fitzgerald's brilliance lied in his ability to explain human emotions and motivations to us as readers that we can recognize in ourselves but would otherwise find it difficult to put into words. The Beautiful and the Damned is a perfect example of this. Most people struggle when they reach young adulthood to figure out where true happiness lies for them. Many go so far as to refuse to turn away from youthful idealism and become pragmatic rather than admit their own mediocrity and live a humdrum life like the rest of us. Fitzgerald's protagonist, Anthony Patch, is a perfect example of this.Anthony Patch is set to inherit millions of dollars once his grandfather, Adam Patch, dies. As such, he is bound and determined to never have to work for a living like his friend, Richard Caramel, who, after writing one good novel, has become a mediocre author who writes novels quickly and carelessly in order to make a quick buck. Anthony would much rather prove that he is not as mediocre as Richard by refusing to ever work at anything and hope that he can get by until his money runs out. This trait is exacerbated when Anthony falls in love with Richard's cousin, Gloria, who is even more impractical than he is. She only cares about being rich and beautiful and is not willing to do anything to attain that state.Fitzgerald brings these characters to life for us in such a way that we see some of them in ourselves even though we may not be New York socialites waiting to inherit millions. The reader can relate to the crises of youth faced by the two characters, provided that the reader has lived through his twenties and their awkwardness. This is the brilliance of Fitzgerald. He can make us relate to people that would be otherwise unrelateable.
    • 2/5
      Tedious, although enjoyable at times.
    • 4/5
      As I was reading this book I said of it, on Feb 27,1952: "Erratic, at times thestory has real morbid power--very uneven." I finished the book on Mar 1, 1952, but made no further note in regard to it.
    • 2/5
      Tedious in the extreme with a profoundly unsatisfying resolution. The characters are boring, the social criticism is not particularly sharp or interesting, and absolutely nothing changes from one end of the novel to the other. In Edith Wharton's hands, this story would have been a funny, biting social commentary; in Fitzgerald's, it's not even a half-hearted indictment of the upper classes but rather a limping, uneven chronicle of the boy who never grew up. It's not clear to me whether the story wants to be perceived as tragic, but it fails through the sheer hatefulness of the protagonists. Not one of Fitzgerald's better efforts, to say the least.
    • 3/5
      9/20. Good, not great. I love The Great Gatsby, and I think Fitzgerald is a brilliant author at the worst of times...and this is one of his less good books. Possibly because I've been reading too much about marriages falling apart. I do recommend it - I think there are some incandescant moments in here, some great character portraits, and the ending is absolutely spectacular. By any other author this would be a major work, by Fitzgerald...not so much. He is the opposite of his author character in the novel Carmel, who writes one great book and then is terrible.
    • 4/5
      I found this book to be a bit rambling at times, but overall an excellent portrayal of what happens to us when we are greedy, self indulgent and expect others to solve our problems.Set in the wonderful Jazz Age in New York, The Beautiful and Damned is the story of Anthony Patch, a Havard educated aspiring writer, and loafer and his wife Gloria,a petulant party girl's downward spiral after their brief courtship and marriage. Basically Anthony and Gloria are waiting patiently for his grandfather Adam Patch to die, so that they will inherit his multimillion dollar estate. Neither one feels as though they should work and instead live on a small trust income and sell bonds to pay their bills and afford liquor, cigarettes, and domestic help.What happens next is an important lesson about reality, becoming a responsible adult and what brings true happiness. A great read although it is perhaps a little lenghty.
    • 4/5
      I bought this when it was republished in 1973 to tie-in with the release of THE GREAT GATSBY and remember being enthralled by it's central story of a rich young couple's marriage breaking down while being slightly annoyed at the book's length. As with THIS SIDE OF PARADISE it's probably time to re-read it.
    • 4/5
      An excellent tale of dissipation and the perils of moral groundlessness, however not, in my opinion, as brilliant as Tender is the Night or the Great Gatsby. At times a tad rambling, including Fitzgerald's annoying habit of lapsing into thinly disguised social commentary or litcrit. However, he remains in my opinion one of the most gifted writers ever to put pen to paper. His lyricism is breathtaking, and at his best no one can compare with him.
    • 3/5
      Though there is a lot of useless "bla bla" that goes on in this book, dialogue that one would only understand in the time and place, the overall story is gripping. One of the best ending I've read.
    • 3/5
      Marvellous title and powerful description of the marriage of the rich, young and beautiful is damned to unhappiness. Too long though.

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