This Side of Paradise is the debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. The book examines the lives and morality of American youth in the aftermath of World War I. Its protagonist Amory Blaine is an attractive student at Princeton University who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status...More
Born on December 21, 1940, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short-story writer. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term which he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century and he received wide critical and popular acclaim after his death. His novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was inspired by his rise to fame and relationship with Zelda. The Great Gatsby is now widely praised, with some even labeling it the "Great American Novel".
Born on December 21, 1940, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and short-story writer. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term which he coined. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century and he received wide critical and popular acclaim after his death. His novel, The Great Gatsby (1925), was inspired by his rise to fame and relationship with Zelda. The Great Gatsby is now widely praised, with some even labeling it the "Great American Novel".
Book Summary
This Side of Paradise is the debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. The book examines the lives and morality of American youth in the aftermath of World War I. Its protagonist Amory Blaine is an attractive student at Princeton University who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status seeking, and takes its title from a line of Rupert Brooke's poem Tiare Tahiti. The novel famously helped F. Scott Fitzgerald gain Zelda Sayre's hand in marriage; its publication was her condition of acceptance.
Amory Blaine — the protagonist of the book based upon Fitzgerald. Both are from the Midwest, attended Princeton, had a failed romance with a debutante, served in the army, then had a failed romance with a second debutante (though after the success of This Side of Paradise, Fitzgerald won back Zelda). The name "Amory" is taken from one of Fitzgerald's heroes at Princeton, Hobart Amory Hare "Hobey" Baker / Hobey Baker.
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