The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald ~ Full Audiobook [drama]

The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook. Genre: drama Set in the glittering, uneasy years just before and after World War I, The Beautiful and Damned follows Anthony Patch, a charming Harvard graduate who believes his real life will begin once he inherits his wealthy grandfather's fortune. In New York City he meets Gloria Gilbert, a magnetic young woman whose beauty and appetite for pleasure match his own. They marry and plunge into a social world of parties, cocktails, and fashionable friends, convinced that talent and good looks will carry them through. But as the inheritance remains out of reach, their days of effortless indulgence collide with the realities of work, money, and responsibility. Anthony's drifting ambition turns combative, Gloria's dreams of admiration meet the limits of time and circumstance, and the couple's love becomes entangled with jealousy, pride, and dependence. With sharp wit and a clear-eyed view of American privilege, Fitzgerald traces how desire, idleness, and expectation can erode character - and how two people can both adore and damage each other while chasing a life that never quite arrives. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 1 (00:47:10) Chapter 2 (01:21:19) Chapter 3 (01:58:41) Chapter 4 (02:49:59) Chapter 5 (03:35:13) Chapter 6 (04:12:11) Chapter 7 (04:45:16) Chapter 8 (05:20:05) Chapter 9 (06:08:39) Chapter 10 (06:41:50) Chapter 11 (07:25:59) Chapter 12 (08:06:51) Chapter 13 (08:53:20) Chapter 14 (09:38:41) Chapter 15 (10:18:11) Chapter 16 (11:01:18) Chapter 17 (11:43:38) Chapter 18 (12:14:26) Chapter 19 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices