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Much of Scott's work is going public domain, and reprints are
coming fast and furious. Besides "Diamond," this contains other
gems, e.g., "The Ice Palace" and "Bernice Bobs Her Hair." Penguin
has also released an $8.95 edition of The Beautiful and the Damned
(ISBN 0-14-118087-0).
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers
to the Paperback edition.
内容简介
Anthony and Gloria are the essence of Jazz Age glamour. A
brilliant and magnetic couple, they fling themselves at life with
an energy that is thrilling. New York is a playground where they
dance and drink for days on end. Their marriage is a passionate
theatrical performance; they are young, rich, alive and lovely and
they intend to inherit the earth. But as money becomes tight, their
marriage becomes impossible. And with their inheritance still
distant, Anthony ang Gloria must grow up and face reality; they may
be beautiful but they are also damned.
作者简介
F. Scott Fizgerald was born in 1896 in St Paul, Minnesota, and
went to Princeton University, which he left in 1917 to join the
army. He was said to have epitomized the Jazz Age, which he himself
defined as 'a generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars
fought, all faiths in man shaken'. In 1920 he married Zelda Sayre.
Their traumatic marriage and her subsequent breakdowns became the
leading influence on his writing. Among his publications were five
novels, This Side of Paradise, The Great Gatsby, The Beautiful and
Damned, Tender is the Night and The Last Tycoon (his last and
unfinished work). Fitzgerald died suddenly in 1940.