This Side of Paradise: The Meaning of Life According to F. Scott Fitzgerald The Cult-Book of Generations of New Readers [Annotated]

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Overview

"I hope something happens. I'm restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic." -F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
This Side of Paradise is the debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. The book examines the lives and morality of post–World War I youth. 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.

A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!

Product Details

BN ID:	2940160846668
Publisher:	F. Scott Fitzgerald
Publication date:	10/14/2021
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	50,747
File size:	250 KB

About the Author

Author of the widely lauded novel The Great Gatsby, as well as This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and the Damned, and Tender is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for chronicling the excesses and tribulations of the Jazz Age. One of the leading authors of the post-World War I "Lost Generation," Fitzgerald often invokes themes of youth, beauty, and despair in his books and short stories. He was also known for his hard-partying lifestyle, as well as his marriage to the beautiful yet troubled Zelda Fitzgerald.

Date of Birth:

September 24, 1896

Date of Death:

December 21, 1940

Place of Birth:

St. Paul, Minnesota

Education:

Princeton University