This Side of Paradise
- ISBN-10
- ISBN-13
- 9798629744702
- Series
- This Side of Paradise
- Pages
- 246
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-03-30
- Author
- F Scott Fitzgerald
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."Francis Scott Fitzgerald was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the Twenties. He finished four novels, including The Great Gatsby, with another published posthumously, and wrote dozens of short stories that treat themes of youth and promise along with despair and age.Fitzgerald's work and legend has inspired writers ever since he was first published. The publication of The Great Gatsby prompted T. S. Eliot to write, in a letter to Fitzgerald, "[I]t seems to me to be the first step that American fiction has taken since Henry James..." Don Birnam, the protagonist of Charles Jackson's The Lost Weekend, says to himself, referring to Gatsby, "There's no such thing...as a flawless novel. But if there is, this is it.Into the 21st century, Fitzgerald's reputation continues to grow. Millions of copies of "The Great Gatsby" and his other works have been sold, and "Gatsby," a constant best-seller, is required reading in many high school and college classes.
Get the book
Other editions
-
- 2021-03-21
- 302 pages
- Paperback
- -
Similar books
-
This Side of Paradise
By F. Scott FitzgeraldPerhaps the definitive novel of that "Lost Generation," it tells the story of Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy Princeton student who halfheartedly involves himself in literary cults, "liberal" student activities, and a series of empty ...
-
This Side of Paradise
By F. Scott FitzgeraldAmory Blaine is a young Princeton University student with an attractive face and an interest in literature. His greed and desire for social status warp the theme of love weaving through the story.
-
This Side of Paradise
By F. Scott FitzgeraldIt is the novel that skyrocketed Fitzgerald’s fame and made possible his marriage to Zelda. An extremely lyrical and passionate tale, "This Side of Paradise" is a must-read for fans and scholars of Fitzgerald and American literature.
-
This Side of Paradise
By Francis Scott Fitzgerald, Patrick O'DonnellThe story of Amory Blaine's adolescence and undergraduate days at Princeton, This Side of Paradise captures the essence of an American generation struggling to define itself in the aftermath of...
-
The Romantic Egoists: A Pictorial Autobiography from the Scrapbooks and Albums of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald
By Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith, Joan Paterson KerrCollects photographs, news clippings, and other memorabilia from the Fitzgeralds' own scrapbooks with excerpts from their writings.
-
This Side of Paradise
By F. Scott FitzgeraldFollows the story of Amory Blaine from prep school to Princeton to the First World War, in an autobiographical coming-of-age novel capturing the rhythms of a generation and of America early in the twentieth century. Reprint.
-
This Side of Paradise
By F. Scott FitzgeraldThis turned out to be the Honorable Thornton Hancock, of Boston, ex-minister to The Hague, author of an erudite history of the Middle Ages and the last of a distinguished ...
-
This Side of Paradise - Large Print Edition
By F. Scott FitzgeraldOr can he win her at all? Can love survive the greed and the social climbing or will it be crushed and left to die on this side of paradise? This Large Print Edition is presented in easy-to-read 16 point type.
-
This Side of Paradise
By Francis Scott FitzgeraldThis Side of Paradise is the book that established F. Scott Fitzgerald as the prophet and golden boy of the newly dawned Jazz Age. Published in 1920, when he was...
-
This Side of Paradise: By F. Scott Fitzgerald - Illustrated
By F. Scott F. Scott FitzgeraldHow is this book unique? Font adjustments & biography included Unabridged (100% Original content) Illustrated About This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald This Side of Paradise is the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald.