"The Beautiful and the Damned" is a novel by the American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald, which reflects the ambition, luxury and destructive consequences of the carefree life of a couple against the background of the crazy era of the 1920s in New York. The author successfully combined the elements of romance and criticism of society, recreating the glare of a pictorial portrait of the age of "blasphemy" and decadence. Under the trap of luxury and envy, the heroes face the loss of moral values and self-improvement, which is only shockingly perceived against the background of the luxurious cover of life. Fitzgerald once again surprised his readers with the complexity of the senses and the inner world of the characters, suggesting a cognitive understanding of censorship and unknown secrets that fascinate and call in the most unbearable moments of life."