The Beautiful and Damned (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- First Published: 1922
- Type of Plot: Romantic satire
- Time of Work: 1913-1921
- Setting: New York City and environs, and the vicinity of a military training camp in South Carolina
- Principal Characters: Anthony Patch, Gloria Gilbert Patch, Adam Patch, Richard Caramel, Maury Noble, Dorothy Raycroft
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Love or romance, South or Southerners, New York City, Marriage, Class consciousness, 1910’s, Wealth, Millionaires
- Locales: New York, NY, South Carolina
The Novel
Originally called “The Flight of the Rocket,” The Beautiful and Damned is the story of Anthony Patch’s life between his twenty-fifth and thirty-third years. The novel follows the progression of his intense love for the dazzlingly beautiful Gloria Gilbert. It traces their attachment through their courtship and marriage, through their apparently endless round of parties and gaiety, to their eventual financial difficulties, and finally to their triumphant achievement of Anthony’s “great expectations.” The victory comes too late, however, and the...
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