It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read The Beautiful And The Damned by F Scott Fitzgerald
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The Beautiful and Damned, first published by Scribner's in 1922, is F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel. It explores and portrays New York café society and the American Eastern elite during the Jazz Age before and after the Great War and in the early 1920s. As in his other novels, Fitzgerald's characters in this novel are complex, especially with respect to marriage and intimacy. The work generally is considered to be based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with his wife Zelda Fitzgerald.The Beautiful and Damned tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1910s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon's fortune, and his courtship and relationship with his wife Gloria Gilbert. It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, the couple's post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism.Gloria and Anthony's story deals with the hardships of a relationship, especially when each character has a tendency to be selfish.
The Beautiful And The Damned by F Scott Fitzgerald is 378 pages long, and a total of 97,524 words.
This makes it 128% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read The Beautiful And The Damned aloud.
The Beautiful And The Damned is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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