description: By the Irish American Jazz Age novelist and short story writer regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. He was the self-styled spokesman of the "Lost Generation" and author of The Great Gatsby (1925). His debut novel, This Side of Paradise (1920) examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Flappers and Philosophers (1920) was his first collection of short stories. His second novel, The Beautiful and Damned (1922), demonstrates an evolution and maturity in his writing, and provides an excellent portrait of America during the Jazz Age, as does Tales of the Jazz Age (1922).
language: English
title: This Side of Paradise
titlecomplete: This Side of Paradise
characters: Beatrice Blaine, Alec Connage, Kerry Holiday, Dick Humbird, Tom D'Invilliers, Rosalind Connage, Isabelle Borgé, Clara Page, Monsignor Thayer Darcy, Burne Holiday, Amory Blaine, Myra St. Clare, Cecilia Connage, Eleanor Savage
genres: Fiction, American, Classic Literature, Literature, Romance, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 71848
places: Maryland, New York City, New York, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Princeton University, New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, New Jersey
publisher: Dodo Pr