The Beautiful and Damned

American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald is known as the author of cult works “The Great Gatsby,” “Tender Is the Night,” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.” However, already his first novel, “This Side of Paradise,” brought him worldwide fame and a huge fortune—thanks to which Fitzgerald finally became a worthy match for his fiancée, Zelda Sayre. After their wedding, the newlyweds were considered one of the most scandalous couples in the society chronicles of that time. Notes about them included descriptions of lavish parties, bathing in fountains, and riding atop taxis around Manhattan. That’s when Fitzgerald created his second novel, the family prose “Beautiful and Damned.” The characters in the book resemble him and his wife in many ways.

Young spouses Anthony and Gloria Patch are beautiful, educated, carefree, and wealthy. But they don’t yet know that with money you can’t buy friendship, love, youth, or a life’s purpose… While waiting for a huge inheritance, Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife Gloria burn through their days in New York. Dinners in expensive restaurants, endless parties with friends, and luxurious receptions—what else could you wish for? But when the chances of becoming rich fade into a shadow, this dazzling couple will have to face a cruel reality: for everything you pay—sometimes a price that is unbearable…