In an era of intoxicating excitement and ruinous excess, of changing morals and challenged ethics, F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel tells the story of Harvard graduate Anthony Patch and his beautiful, strong-willed wife, Gloria. This biting, ironic tale eerily foreshadows the fate of the author and his own wife, Zelda – from their dizzyingly romantic beginnings to their alcohol-soaked end. A portrait of greed, ambition, and wasted talent, "The Beautiful and Damned" depicts an America that has indulged in the greatest intoxication of its history, a world that Fitzgerald saw with clearer eyes than any of his contemporaries. Sometimes humorous, sometimes heartbreaking, and chillingly prophetic, it remains one of his most famous works, which Gertrude Stein correctly predicted would be read when many of his well-known contemporaries are forgotten.