This side of Paradise tells the story of Anthony Blaine, the only child of wealthy parents, whose journey from adolescence to adulthood follows him from prep school through to Princeton University, where his literary talents flourish, in contrast to his academic failure. The Beautiful and damned is a bleaker version of the corrosive power of wealth and its privileges. Anthony Patch is heir to a huge fortune, but his marriage to the beautiful and indolent Gloria is increasingly shadowed by his fall into alcoholism.
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