This Side of Paradise
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What happens when love is warped by greed and status seeking? This a look into contemporary American adolescence and young manhood. "This Side of Paradise" is the first novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, exploring the difficult lives and values of the American youth after the First World War. It is written in a semi-autobiographical tone, presenting the handsome and idealistic student Amory Blaine, coming from a well-to-do family. The narrative strictly follows his ups and downs, love episodes, and interior life in such a way as to use him as a symbol of a whole generation. It is the novel that skyrocketed Fitzgerald's fame and made possible his marriage to Zelda. An extremely lyrical and passionate tale, "This Side of Paradise" is a must-read for fans and scholars of Fitzgerald and American literature.

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9788726606003, 8726606003
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What happens when love is warped by greed and status seeking? This a look into contemporary American adolescence and young manhood. "This Side of Paradise" is the first novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, exploring the difficult lives and values of the American youth after the First World War. It is written in a semi-autobiographical tone, presenting the handsome and idealistic student Amory Blaine, coming from a well-to-do family. The narrative strictly follows his ups and downs, love episodes, and interior life in such a way as to use him as a symbol of a whole generation. It is the novel that skyrocketed Fitzgerald's fame and made possible his marriage to Zelda. An extremely lyrical and passionate tale, "This Side of Paradise" is a must-read for fans and scholars of Fitzgerald and American literature.
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Fitzgerald, F. S. (2021). This Side of Paradise. SAGA Egmont.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. 2021. This Side of Paradise. SAGA Egmont.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott, This Side of Paradise. SAGA Egmont, 2021.

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. This Side of Paradise. SAGA Egmont, 2021.

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