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What is This Side of Paradise about?

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F. Scott Fitzgerald’s cherished debut novel announced the arrival of a brilliant young writer and anticipated his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby. Published in 1920, when the author was just twenty-three, This Side of Paradise recounts the education of young Amory Blaine—egoistic, versatile, callow, imaginative. As Amory makes his way among debutantes and Princeton undergraduates, we enter an environment heady with the promise of everything that was new in the vigorous, restless America after World War I. We experience Amory’s sailing hopes, crushing defeats, deep loves and stubborn losses. His growth from self-absorption to sexual awareness and personhood unfolds with continuous improvisatory energy and delight. Fitzgerald’s remarkable formal inventiveness couches Amory’s narrative among songs, poems, dramatic dialogue, questions and answers. The novel’s freshness and verve—praised upon publication, now renowned by history—only heighten the sense that the world being described is our own, modern world.

Question 2

What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in This Side of Paradise?

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Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre > Classic fiction: literary and general

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Where can I read a sample of This Side of Paradise?

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You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780679447238

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Is This Side of Paradise part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?

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Yes it is a part of series Vintage Classics

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Who is/are the Author/s of the book This Side of Paradise?

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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Who is the Publisher of the book This Side of Paradise?

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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

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What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

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This Side of Paradise is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780679447238) and hardcover(ISBN 9780679602064) and paperback(ISBN 9780345481221) and paperback(ISBN 9780804114806) and paperback(ISBN 9780553214536) and paperback(ISBN 9780375758867) and paperback(ISBN 9780307474513) and ebook(ISBN 9780307416490) and ebook(ISBN 9780735253438)

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