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This Side of Paradise is the debut novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. It examines the lives and morality of carefree American youth at the dawn of the Jazz Age.
This semi-autobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine received critical raves and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. Now, readers can enjoy the newly edited, authorized version of this early classic of the Jazz Age, based on Fitzgerald's original manuscript.
Feb 15, 2018 · Amory saw girls doing things that even in his memory would have been impossible: eating three-o’clock, after-dance suppers in impossible cafes, talking of every side of life with an air half of earnestness, half of mockery, yet with a furtive excitement that Amory considered stood for a real moral let-down.
Blending wit and introspection, the novel captures the spirit of a generation grappling with the profound changes of the early 20th century. Read the free full text, the full book summary, the full book analysis, and a complete list of character descriptions from This Side of Paradise.
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This Side of Paradise, first novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. Immature though it seems today, the work when it was published was considered a revelation of the new morality of the young in the early Jazz Age, and it made Fitzgerald famous.
This Side of Paradise chronicles the life of Amory Blaine from his childhood up through his early twenties. Born the son of a wealthy and sophisticated woman, Beatrice, Amory travels the country with his mother until he attends the fictitious St. Regis prep school in New England.
Nov 12, 2009 · This Side of Paradise. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Oxford University Press, Nov 12, 2009 - Fiction - 251 pages. F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel, This Side of Paradise, made him instantly famous, and...
F. Scott Fitzgerald. Penguin, Mar 1, 1996 - Fiction - 304 pages. First published in 1920, This Side of Paradise marks the beginning of the career of one of the greatest writers...
