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This Side of Paradise — F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Novel
  • Book language: English
  • 241 pages

F. Scott Fitzgerald's first novel follows Amory Blaine from his youth through college and early adulthood, exploring love, ambition and disillusionment. It is a coming-of-age story that captures the spirit of the Jazz Age with lyrical prose and emotional honesty.

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Opening of the book

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
By F. Scott Fitzgerald
... Well this side of Paradise!...
There’s little comfort in the wise.
—Rupert
Brooke.
Experience is the name so many people
give to their mistakes.
—Oscar Wilde.
To SIGOURNEY FAY

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Contents

  1. THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
  2. BOOK ONE—The Romantic Egotist

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