num_pages: 282
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: Rosalind Connage, Monsignor Thayer Darcy, Isabelle Borgé, Dick Humbird, Myra St. Clare, Cecilia Connage, Tom D'Invilliers, Beatrice Blaine, Alec Connage, Clara Page, Kerry Holiday, Eleanor Savage, Burne Holiday, Amory Blaine
genres: 20th Century, American, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classic Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction
ratings_count: 71836
places: Minneapolis, Minnesota, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Princeton, New Jersey, Princeton University, New Jersey, New Jersey, Maryland, New York City, New York
publisher: Book-of-the-Month Club