Chronicles the relationship of Anthony Patch, Harvard-educated aspiring writer, and his beautiful young wife, Gloria, as they enjoy an endless string of parties as they wait for Anthony's grandfather to die and pass on his millions to them. As they're waiting, their lives quickly evolve into a chronicle of a dying marriage in a hedonistic society in which beauty is all too fleeting.
year: 1995, 2002, 1996, 2005, 1998, 1986, 2007, 1950, 2011, 1922
call number/section: 1000
subjects: inheritance and succession, fiction, married people, upper class, united states, socialites, alcoholics, young men, new york (n.y.), fiction, fiction, fitzgerald, f. scott, marriage, avarice, rich people, united states, social conditions, 1918-1932
Editions
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Scribner Classics (1995)
Follows Anthony and Gloria Patch, a wealthy couple, through various romantic pursuits which leave them, after six years of marriage, with Anthony's mental and physical health in decline and Gloria's beauty waning.
Schools: 2
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Dover Publications (2002)
Schools: 3
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Washington Square Press (1996)
Impeccable story about a young couple awaiting an inheritance as their marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice.
Schools: 1
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Barnes & Noble Classics (2005)
Chronicles the relationship of Anthony Patch, Harvard-educated aspiring writer, and his beautiful young wife, Gloria, as they enjoy an endless string of parties as they wait for Anthony's grandfather to die and pass on his millions to them. As they're waiting, their lives quickly evolve into a chronicle of a dying marriage in a hedonistic society in which beauty is all too fleeting.
Schools: 1
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Penguin Books (1998)
The romantic pursuits of spoiled couple Anthony and Gloria Patch leave them, after six years of marriage, with Anthony a mental and physical wreck and Gloria's beauty waning.
Schools: 0
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Collier Books (1986)
Schools: 0
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Signet Classics (2007)
In 1913 New York, a young Harvard graduate set to inherit a fortune from his grandfather marries and embarks on a life of alcohol and indulgence, assuming that he and his wife will soon be wealthy, but falls into self-destruction and despair when the money does not come through.
Schools: 0
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
C. Scribner's sons (1950)
Schools: 0
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Collector's Library (2011)
Traces Anthony and Gloria Patch, a spoiled couple, through various romantic pursuits which leave them after six years of marriage with Anthony a mental and physical wreck and Gloria's beauty waning.
Schools: 4
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
C. Scribner's sons (1922)
Schools: 0
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
C. Scribner's sons (1922)
Schools: 0
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Barnes & Noble Books (1922)
Schools: 0
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
C. Scribner's sons (1922)
Schools: 0
Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Schools: 0