This Side of Paradise

Zusatztext He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation. Informationen zum Autor Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties. Klappentext This Side of Paradise charts the life of Amory Blaine, an ambitious young man loosely based on Fitzgerald himself, as he moves from his well-heeled Midwest home to study at Princeton and then starts frequenting the circles of high society as an aspiring writer. Experiencing failure and frustration in love and in his career, Blaine finds his youthful enthusiasm gradually giving way to disillusionment, cynicism and a life of dissolution. A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity. Zusammenfassung A critical account of its own era, introducing many themes which would be developed in later works, Fitzgerald's first novel was an instant critical and commercial success, propelling him into the limelight as a literary celebrity.

Product details

• Authors: F Scott Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, F.Scott Fitzgerald
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2012
• EAN: 9781847492227
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-222-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 200 mm x 22 mm
• Series: Oneworld Classics; Alma Classics; Alma Classics; The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Narrative theme: Love and relationships, jazz age; American literature