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The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald: A Portrait of Youth, Wealth, and Moral Decay

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrated by Adam Verner

3.76 ABR Score (65.9K ratings)
★ 3.73 Goodreads (65.8K) ★ 3.96 Audible (57)
14h 21m Released 2018 Literature & Fiction

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

Fitzgerald wrote this before Gatsby, and it hits harder — two beautiful people in freefall with nothing to reach for.

  • Great if you want: a literary study of charming, self-destructive characters
  • Listening experience: slow and elegiac — the Jazz Age without the glamour
  • Narration: Verner's composed, unhurried delivery suits Fitzgerald's prose well
  • Skip if: you need plot momentum — this is gradual erosion, not story

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