This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise  (1920)  by F. Scott Fitzgerald

information about this edition.  This Side of Paradise is the debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1920, and taking its title from a line of the Rupert Brooke poem Tiare Tahiti, the book examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Its protagonist, Amory Blaine, is a wealthy and attractive Princeton University student who dabbles in literature and has a series of romances that eventually lead to his disillusionment. In his later novels, Fitzgerald would further develop the book's theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking. — Excerpted from This Side of Paradise on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. one or more chapters are available in a spoken word format.

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD

  . . . Well this side of Paradise! . . .
  There's little comfort in the wise.
                         --Rupert Brooke.

  Experience is the name so many people
  give to their mistakes.
                         --Oscar Wilde.

To SIGOURNEY FAY

Table of Contents

BOOK ONE: The Romantic Egotist

• Chapter 1: Amory, Son of Beatrice
• Chapter 2: Spires and Gargoyles
• Chapter 3: The Egotist Considers
• Chapter 4: Narcissus Off Duty

INTERLUDE: May, 1917-February, 1919

BOOK TWO: The Education of a Personage

• Chapter 1: The Debutante
• Chapter 2: Experiments in Convalescence
• Chapter 3: Young Irony
• Chapter 4: The Supercilious Sacrifice
• Chapter 5: The Egotist Becomes a Personage

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