Princeton student Amory Blaine pursues literature and romance amid post-WWI youth culture and Jazz Age disillusionment.
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Princeton student Amory Blaine pursues literature and romance amid post-WWI youth culture and Jazz Age disillusionment.
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This Side of Paradise is the debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. The book examines the lives and morality of post-World War I youth. Its protagonist Amory Blaine is an attractive student at Princeton University who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status seeking, and takes its title from a line of Rupert Brooke's poem Tiare Tahiti. The novel famously helped F. Scott Fitzgerald gain Zelda Sayre's hand in marriage; its publication w...
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Sexual content
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Series of unfulfilling romances and flirtations drive the protagonist's arc.
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Period language around race and sex appears occasionally.
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Monsignor character and recurring discussions of religion and faith.
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Explores class, socialism, and post-war social shifts.
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