F. Scott Fitzgerald’s romantic and witty first novel—written when he was only twenty-three years old and catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame—is now available in a beautifully designed special collector’s edition.
This Side of Paradise is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s debut novel. The book’s critical success was driven in part by the enthusiasm of reviewers, and it catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame. H. L. Mencken wrote that is was the “best American novel that I have seen of late.” An examination of the lives and morality of post-World War I youth, this semiautobiographical story of the handsome, indulged, and idealistic Princeton student Amory Blaine brilliantly captures the rhythms and romance of Fitzgerald’s university days and offers a poignant portrait of the Lost Generation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
CONTENTS
BOOK ONE: THE ROMANTIC EGOTIST
CHAPTER
I. Amory, Son of Beatrice
II. Spires and Gargoyles
III. The Egotist Considers
IV. Narcissus Off Duty
[Interlude: May 1917-February 1919.]
BOOK TWO: THE EDUCATION OF A PERSONAGE
CHAPTER
I. The Debutante
II. Experiments in Convalescence
III. Young Irony
IV. The Supercilious Sacrifice
V. The Egotist Becomes a Personage
Preface
THIS SIDE OF PARADISE
A Note on the Text
Further Reading
Notes
A Brief Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald
