| This Side of Paradise Contributor(s): Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author), West III, James L. W. (Preface by) |
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ISBN: 0684843781 ISBN-13: 9780684843780 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: This classic novel, first published in 1920, tells the story of Amory Blaine's moral education and sexual awakening, brilliantly capturing the rhythms of postwar America and the spirit of a generation dedicated to the pursuit of excitement, sophistication, and success. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Historical - 20th Century - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 4.81" W x 8.44" (0.53 lbs) 288 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 106148 Reading Level: 7.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 14.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Fitzgerald, F. Scott: - F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University, joined the United States Army during World War I, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's novels include The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died at the age of forty-four while working on The Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald's fiction has secured his reputation as one of the most important American writers of the 20th century. |