"FICTION / General" . . "FICTION. General." . "FICTION / General." . "EBSCOhost (Online service)" . . "Advertising Fiction." . . . . "Young men Fiction." . . "World War, 1914-1918 Veterans Fiction." . . "Children of the rich Fiction." . . "College students." . . "World War (1914-1918)" . . . "Young men United States Fiction." . . "United States." . . "Young men." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "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.\"If the Roaring Twenties are remembered as the era of \"flaming youth,\" it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who lit the fire..." . . . . "The debut novel of F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise takes 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 an attractive Princeton University student who dabbles in literature and has the book's theme of love warped by greed and status-seeking."@en . "Raised by a wealthy, idiosyncratic and alcoholic mother, Amory Blaine is arrogant and lacking in proper social etiquette which he eventually has to learn. En route from the Midwest to Princeton University, he experiences flirtations with some predatory young women and a chance at friendship with some intellectual young men. His romantic relationship ended when his soul-mate rejected him to marry a wealthier young man."@en . . "Raised by a wealthy, idiosyncratic and alcoholic mother, Amory Blaine is arrogant and lacking in proper social etiquette which he eventually has to learn. En route from the Midwest to Princeton University, he experiences flirtations with some predatory young women and a chance at friendship with some intellectual young men. His romantic relationship ended when his soul-mate rejected him to marry a wealthier young man." . . . . . . . "F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel features Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy, spoiled, and snobbish young man from the Midwest who attends Princeton University to acquire a refined sense of the proper \"social\" values. Lacking all sense of purpose, he interests himself primarily in literary cults, vaguely \"liberal\" student activities, and a series of flirtations with some rather predatory young ladies." . "F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel features Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy, spoiled, and snobbish young man from the Midwest who attends Princeton University to acquire a refined sense of the proper \"social\" values. Lacking all sense of purpose, he interests himself primarily in literary cults, vaguely \"liberal\" student activities, and a series of flirtations with some rather predatory young ladies."@en . . . . . . "A young man searches for himself in the American upper-class society of the pre- and post-World War I era."@en . "A young man searches for himself in the American upper-class society of the pre- and post-World War I era." . "This Side of Paradise" . . . "Fiction"@en . . "Fiction" . . "MP3 (Audio coding standard)" . . . . . "Audiobooks"@en . . . . "Audiobooks" . "Fitzgerald's semiautobiographical first novel was considered intellectual and daring when it was published in 1920. Amory Blaine grows up in St. Paul in the early years of the century. His mother is an alcoholic whose wealth is sufficient to accommodate her eccentricities. She dotes on her son and encourages him to indulge his whims. His father is conspicuously absent. Amory observes the social graces, as befits someone of his class, but he is only capable of doing so superficially. He is always aware of himself and how he fits into his immediate surroundings. Because of this constant self-analysis, he finds it difficult to relax, to accept people as they are, and to make friends. It is at Princeton that Amory comes into his own, determined to make the best of what he considers from the outset to be the best years of his life."@en . "The story of Amory Blaine's adolescence and undergraduate days at Princeton. Captures the essence of an American generation struggling to define itself in the aftermath of World War I."@en . . . "The exciting story of the excellent youth of a young man named Amory Blain." . "The exciting story of the excellent youth of a young man named Amory Blain."@en . . . . . . . "This side of paradise"@en . "This side of paradise" . . . . . "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.\""@en . . . . . . . "If the Roaring Twenties are remembered as the era of \"flaming youth,\" it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who lit the fire. His semiautobiographical first novel, This Side of Paradise, became an instant bestseller and established an image of seemingly carefree, party-mad young men and women out to create a new morality for a new, post-war America. It traces the early life of Amory Blaine from the end of prep school through Princeton to the start of an uncertain career in New York City.Alternately self-confident and self-effacing, torn between ambition and idleness, the self-absorbed, immature Amory yearns to run with Princeton's rich, fast crowd and become one of the \"gods\" of the campus. Hopelessly romantic, he learns about love and sex from a series of beautiful young \"flappers,\" women who leave him both exhilarated and devastated. Fitzgerald describes it all in intensely lyrical prose that fills the novel with a heartbreaking sense of longing, as Amory comes to understand that the sweet-scented springtime of his life is fragile and fleeting, disappearing into memory even as he reaches for it."@en . . . . . . "F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel tells the story of Amory Blaine. As he tries to find his true direction in the world, he falls in love with a succession of young women. Youthful exuberance gives way to disillusion as Amory confronts the realities of life. Brilliant and original in style and structure, it was a spectacular launching for Fitzgerald's career, and stamped him as the bard of the Jazz Age." . . "F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel tells the story of Amory Blaine. As he tries to find his true direction in the world, he falls in love with a succession of young women. Youthful exuberance gives way to disillusion as Amory confronts the realities of life. Brilliant and original in style and structure, it was a spectacular launching for Fitzgerald's career, and stamped him as the bard of the Jazz Age."@en . . "Audiobooks on compact discs"@en . . . . . . . "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.\"." . . . . . . . . "Bildungsromans"@en . . . "Bildungsromans" . . . "His semiautobiographical first novel, Fitzgerald traces the early life of Amory Blaine from the end of prep school through Princeton to the start of an uncertain career in New York City. Amory yearns to run with Princeton's rich, fast crowd and become one of the \"gods\" of the campus. Hopelessly romantic, he learns about love and sex from a series of beautiful young \"flappers,\" women who leave him both exhilarated and devastated."@en . . . . "Love stories"@en . "Love stories" . . . . . "Negatively influenced by his wealthy, idiosyncratic, and alcoholic mother, Amory Blaine grew up to be an arrogant and socially awkward young man. But when he travels to Princeton University from the Midwest, he experiences voracious affairs and intellectual friendships."@en . . . . . . "Amory Blaine has been brought-up by a wealthy, idiosyncratic and alcoholic mother. Snobbish because he knows no better, he is uncomfortable with others and must learn the proper social etiquette and values that others his age already know. As he progresses to Princeton University from the Midwest, he experiences a series of flirtations with some predatory young women and a chance at friendship with some intellectual young men. His love-life culminates in a genuine but ill-fated love with a soul-mate who rejects him to marry a wealthier young man. This Side of Paradise was first published in 1920 and was considered daring and intellectual in its day. Its enormous popularity helped to launch young Fitzgerald's career as a major writer."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books" . . "Downloadable audio books"@en . "Downloadable audio books" . "F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel features Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy, spoiled, and snobbish young man from the Midwest who attends Princeton University to acquire a refined sense of the proper social values. Lacking all sense of purpose, he interests himself primarily in literary cults, vaguely liberal student activities, and a series of flirtations with some rather predatory young ladies. Partially autobiographical, This Side of Paradise was credited with having invented the American flapper." . . . . "Advertising." . . "College students Fiction." . . "Tantor Media, Inc." . . "Children of the rich." . . "Brilliance Audio (Firm)," . . "1914 - 1918" . . "FICTION. Classics." . . "hoopla digital." . . "FICTION. Literary." . . "Princeton University" . . 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