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作者: | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
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9780743451505 ， 0743451503
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出版社: |
Pocket
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出版日期: | 2002-07 |
定价: |
￥25.00 元
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内容提要 ：
在线阅读本书 First published in 1922,
The Beautiful and the 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 aeshete 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 nouveaux riches and New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects wild ambiion,
The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerzld's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day.
Pocket Book's Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhaced for the contemporary reader. Special features include critical perspectives, suggestions for further read, and a unique visual essay composed of period photographs that help bring every word to life.
编辑推荐 ：
在线阅读本书 First published in 1922,
The Beautiful and the 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 aeshete 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 nouveaux riches and New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects wild ambiion,
The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerzld's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day.
Pocket Book's Enriched Classics present the great works of world literature enhaced for the contemporary reader. Special features include critical perspectives, suggestions for further read, and a unique visual essay composed of period photographs that help bring every word to life.
作者简介 ：
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University and published his first novel in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre. The couple divided their time between New York, Paris, and the Riviera, becoming a part of the American expatriate circle that included Gertrude Stein, Ernest Hemingway, and John Dos Passos. Fitzgerald was a major new literary voice, and his masterpieces include
The Beautiful and Damned, The Great Gatsby, and
Tender Is the Night. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of forty-four, while working on
The Love of the Last Tycoon.x
--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
目录 ：
BOOK ONE
CHAPTER
Ⅰ. ANTHONY PATCH
Ⅱ. PORTRAIT OF A SIREN
Ⅲ. THE CONNOISSEUR OF KISSES
BOOK TWO
Ⅰ. THE RADIANT HOUR
Ⅱ. SYMPOSIUM
Ⅲ. THE BROKEN LUTE
BOOK THREE
Ⅰ. A MATTER OF CIVILIZATION
Ⅱ. A MATTER OF /ESTHETICS
Ⅲ. No MATTER!
CRITICAL EXCERPTS
SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
