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This Side of Paradise

This Side of Paradise

by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

BookID: 805

Language:English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Love storiesBildungsromansYoung men -- FictionChildren of the rich -- Fiction

Description

"This Side of Paradise" by F. Scott Fitzgerald is a novel published in 1920. It follows Amory Blaine, a handsome Princeton student who pursues literature and romance while searching for his destined purpose. Through failed love affairs with debutantes and flappers, wartime service, and financial setbacks, Amory confronts the emptiness of ambition corrupted by greed and social climbing. The novel captures American youth at the dawn of the Jazz Age, exploring their revolt against traditional values and their disillusionment with contemporary society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

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