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BACKGROUND F. Scott Fitzgerald's second novel, "The Beautiful and Damned", first published by Scribner's in 1922, is considered to be based on Fitzgerald's relationship and marriage with his wife Zelda. SYNOPSIS Believing that work is beneath him, Anthony Patch refuses to get a job. While waiting for his inheritance, he and his flapper wife Gloria become alcoholics. SETTING 1912-22 Tarrytown mansion, New York City apartments and night spots, Greenwich cottage, lawyer’s office, boarding house, S.S. Berengeria.