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This Side of Paradise
- Author
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrator
- Wolfram Kandinsky
- Publisher
- Craig Black
- Publish Date
- 1 March 2012
- Run Time
- 10 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel features Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy, spoiled, and snobbish young man from the Midwest who attends Princeton University to acquire a refined sense of the proper “social” values. Lacking all sense of purpose, he interests himself primarily in literary cults, vaguely “liberal” student activities, and a series of flirtations with some rather predatory young ladies. Partially autobiographical, This Side of Paradise was credited with having invented the American flapper.
Critics Review
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“The glorious spirit of abounding youth glows throughout this fascinating tale…As a picture of the daily existence of what we call loosely ‘college men,’ this book is as nearly perfect as such a work could be…It could have been written only by an artist who knows how to balance his values, plus a delightful literary style.”
New York Times
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“A truly amazing first novel—original in structure, extremely sophisticated in manner, and adorned with a brilliancy that is as rare in American writing as honesty is in American statecraft.”
H. L. Mencken
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“Bears the impress of genius…Splendid and fascinating.”
Chicago Tribune
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“Animated with life.”
Bookman, 1922
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Details
- Author
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Narrator
- Wolfram Kandinsky
- Duration
- 10 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 March 2012
- ISBN
- 9781481576628
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Craig Black
- Genre
- Classic fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel features Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy, spoiled, and snobbish young man from the Midwest who attends Princeton University to acquire a refined sense of the proper “social” values. Lacking all sense of purpose, he interests himself primarily in literary cults, vaguely “liberal” student activities, and a series of flirtations with some rather predatory young ladies. Partially autobiographical, This Side of Paradise was credited with having invented the American flapper.
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