The Beautiful and the Damned

"Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world's weight he had never chosen to bear." The novel provides a portrait of the Eastern elite during the Jazz Age, exploring New York Café Society. As with his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters are complex, especially in their marriage and intimacy, much like how he treats intimacy in Tender Is the Night. The book is believed to be largely based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with Zelda Fitzgerald. La novela proporciona un retrato de la élite oriental durante la era del jazz, explorando la sociedad del café de Nueva York. Al igual que con sus otras novelas, los personajes de Fitzgerald son complejos, especialmente en su matrimonio e intimidad, muy parecido a cómo trata la intimidad en Tender Is the Night. Se cree que el libro se basa principalmente en la relación de Fitzgerald y el matrimonio con Zelda Fitzgerald.