description: This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald's romantic and witty first novel, was written when the author was only twenty-three years old. This semiautobiographical 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. In this definitive text, This Side of Paradise captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgerald's youth and offers a poignant portrait of the "Lost Generation."
language: English
title: This Side of Paradise
titlecomplete: This Side of Paradise
characters: Monsignor Thayer Darcy, Beatrice Blaine, Dick Humbird, Eleanor Savage, Clara Page, Kerry Holiday, Isabelle Borgé, Amory Blaine, Alec Connage, Tom D'Invilliers, Burne Holiday, Myra St. Clare, Rosalind Connage, Cecilia Connage
genres: 20th Century, Novels, Literature, Romance, Classics, Classic Literature, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, American
ratings_count: 71876
places: Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey, Maryland, Princeton University, New Jersey, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, New York City, New York
publisher: IndyPublish