The Beautiful and Damned
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Reading Level 7-8 Moderate (Lvl 3)
Ages 13+
The text is written at a 7th grade reading level, the subject matter is intended for teens (ages 13+), and the content has moderate intensity with some emotionally heavy themes.
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About This Book
Gloria Gilbert and Anthony Patch begin their marriage full of hope and glamour, but their dreams slowly unravel as greed and aimlessness take hold. Over six years, their dazzling life fades into a story of decline and lost purpose. This classic tale explores the highs and lows of love and ambition in a changing world.
Representation & Themes
ClassicsComing of AgeFamilySocial Justice
For Parents
Content Intensity
Level 3 — Moderate Gentle Mild Moderate Intense Very Intense
Real stakes and emotional weight. May include sustained danger, loss, or bullying.
Content Flags
Divorce & Family Change Loss & Grief
Data confidence: standard
Details
- ISBN
- 0671001256
- Pages
- 464
- Publisher
- Washington Square Press
- Published
- December 1, 1996
- Type
- Fiction
- Word Count
- 122,045
Genres
Inheritance and succession
Subjects
ClassicsFiction / ClassicsLiterature: ClassicsLiterature - Classics / Criticism