The Beautiful and Damned: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Beautiful and Damned, credited to F. Scott Fitzgerald, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Beautiful and Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Read in English by Mark Nelson This 1922 novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald chronicles the life of Anthony Patch, the only heir of millionaire Adam Patch, his grandfather. Anthony is young, handsome and well-educated. He marries the ravishingly beautiful Gloria, and together they plan for the day that Anthony receives his inheritance. But what will they make of themselves in the meantime as they look forward to a life of wealth and idle leisure? What is the role of purpose in a well-lived life? Fitzgerald explores these questions in a book that is at the same time humorous, sad and tragic. (Mark Nelson)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Beautiful and Damned
• Author credits: F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 21
• Listed recording duration: 14:15:10

Catalogue topics

• F. Scott Fitzgerald
• american classics

Track guide

1. 01 - Book I Chapter 1 - Anthony Patch — 55:45
2. 02 - Book I Chapter 2 Part 1 - Portrait of a Siren — 40:01
3. 03 - Book I Chapter 2 Part 2 - Turbulence — 44:07
4. 04 - Book I Chapter 3 Part 1 - The Connoisseur of Kisses — 39:55
5. 05 - Book I Chapter 3 Part 2 - Sunlight and Moonlight — 28:24
6. 06 - Book I Chapter 3 Part 3 - Black Magic — 40:54
7. 07 - Book II Chapter 1 Part 1 - The Radiant Hour — 34:31
8. 08 - Book II Chapter 1 Part 2 - Breath of the Cave — 33:20
9. 09 - Book II Chapter 1 Part 3 - Gloria and General Lee — 47:06
10. 10 - Book II Chapter 2 Part 1 - Symposium — 35:14
11. 11 - Book II Chapter 2 Part 2 - The Triumph of Lethargy — 48:45
12. 12 - Book II Chapter 2 Part 3 - The Sinister Summer — 53:57
13. 13 - Book II Chapter 3 Part 1 - The Broken Lute — 34:11
14. 14 - Book II Chapter 3 Part 2 - Panic — 32:40
15. 15 - Book II Chapter 3 Part 3 - The Winter of Discontent — 26:26
16. 16 - Book III Chapter 1 Part 1 - A Matter of Civilization — 43:13
17. 17 - Book III Chapter 1 Part 2 - An Impressive Occasion — 46:19
18. 18 - Book III Chapter 2 Part 1 - A Matter of Aesthetics — 44:02
19. 19 - Book III Chapter 2 Part 2 - Further Adventures with 'Heart Talks' — 43:09
20. 20 - Book III Chapter 3 Part 1 - No Matter! — 34:26
21. 21 - Book III Chapter 3 Part 2 - The Beating — 48:45

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