<p>&quot;The Beautiful and Damned&quot; was F. Scott Fitzgerald&#39;s second major novel in which he explored the angst of a handful of Americans after the &quot;Great War.&quot;&nbsp; Fitzgerald&#39;s career would be brought to a sudden end with his untimely death in 1940 but his renown as an American writer would grow posthumously. This edition is based on Fitzgerald&#39;s original 1922 version.</p>