This Side Of Paradise

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:This Side Of ParadiseISBN13:9780140189766ISBN10:0140189769Author:Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Author), O'Donnell, Patrick (Introduction by), O'Donnell, Patrick (Notes by)Description:First Published In 1920, This Side Of Paradise Marks The Beginning Of The Career Of One Of The Greatest Writers Of The First Half Of The Twentieth Century In This Remarkable Achievement, F Scott Fitzgerald Displays His Unparalleled Wit And Keen Social Insight In His Portrayal Of College Life Through The Struggles And Doubts Of Amory Blaine, A Self-Proclaimed Genius With A Love Of Knowledge And A Penchant For The Romantic As Amory Journeys Into Adulthood And Leaves The Aristocratic Egotism Of His Youth Behind, He Becomes Painfully Aware Of His Lost Innocence And The New Sense Of Responsibility And Regret That Has Taken Its Place Clever And Wonderfully Written, This Side Of Paradise Is A Fascinating Novel About The Changes Of The Jazz Age And Their Effects On The Individual It Is A Complex Portrait Of A Versatile Mind In A Restless Generation That Reveals Rich Ideas Crucial To An Understanding Of The 1920S And Timeless Truths About The Human Need For--And Fear Of--Change A Very Enlivening Book Indeed, A Book Really Brilliant And Glamorous, Making As Agreeable Reading As Could Be Asked There Are Clever Things, Keen And Searching Things, Amusingly Young And Mistaken Things, Beautiful Things And Pretty Things And Truly Inspired And Elevated Things, An Astonishing Abundance Of Each, In This Side Of Paradise You Could Call It The Youthful Byronism That Is Normal In A Man Of The Author's Type, Working Out Through A Well-Furnished Intellect Of Unusual Critical Force --The Evening Post, 1920An Astonishing And Refreshing Book Mr Fitzgerald Has Recorded With A Good Deal Of Felicity And A Disarming Frankness The Adventures And Developments Of A Curious And Fortunate American Youth It Is] Delightful And Encouraging To Find A Novel Which Gives Us In The Accurate Terms Of Intellectual Honesty A Reflection Of American Undergraduate Life At Last The Revelation Has Come We Have The Constant Young American Occupation--The 'Petting Party'--Frankly And Humorously In Our Literature --The New Republic, 1920 The Story Of Amory Blaine's Adolescence And Undergraduate Days At Princeton, This Side Of Paradise Captures The Essence Of An American Generation Struggling To Define Itself In The Aftermath Of World War I And The Destruction Of The Old Order Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Penguin BooksPublication Date:1996-03-01Weight:0.55 lbsDimensions:0.7'' H x 7.8'' L x 5.1'' WNumber of Pages:304Language:English

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