Description Fitzgerald\'s characters in this novel are complex, especially with respect to marriage and intimacy. 53)..
Joanna Stolarek suggests, Fitzgerald draws on "Zelda, the object of the writer\'s literary passion" (Stolarek et al.
Their story deals with the hardships of a relationship, especially when each character has a tendency to be selfish.
Gloria and Anthony\'s love story is much more than just a couple falling in love.
It describes his brief service in the Army during World War I, and the couple\'s post-war partying life in New York, and his later alcoholism.
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.
The work is generally considered to have drawn upon and be based on Fitzgerald\'s relationship and marriage with his wife Zelda Fitzgerald.
Description Fitzgerald\'s characters in this novel are complex, especially with respect to marriage and intimacy
