The Side of Paradise

UNABRIDGED EDITION <p>Read one of the greatest novels of all time in a beautiful edition.</p> <p>Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigmatic writings of the Jazz Age. He is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s.</p> <p>First published in 1920, This Side of Paradise is the first novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. It tells the semiautobiographical story of the idealistic Amory Blaine, the only child of wealthy parents, whose challenging journey from adolescence to adulthood follows him from prep school through to Princeton University, where his literary talents flourish, in contrast to his academic failure. A sequence of love affairs with beautiful women are fatally damaged by the collapse of his family s fortune.<br> Composed in an unconventional narrative mode, the novel is a rich fusion of satiric and romance idioms.<br> It catapulted Fitzgerald to instant fame.</p> <p>This brilliant novel is a must-read of classic literature and will delight readers of all ages.</p> <p>Enjoy another masterpiece by F. Scott Fitzgerald, in the beautiful book series by Atlantic Editions :<br> The Beautiful and Damned</p>