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by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author) "Amory Blaine inherited from his mother every trait, except the stray inexpressible few, that made him worth while ..." (more)
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Fitzgerald's first novel, reprinted in the handsome Everyman's Library series of literary classic, uses numerous formal experiments to tell the story of Amory Blaine, as he grows up during the crazy years following the First World War. It also contains a new introduction by Craig Raine that describes critical and popular reception of the book when it came out in 1920. --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.


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Fitzgerald's first novel, about a coterie of Princeton socialites, appears in a 75th anniversary edition.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book for the young, or young at heart, Jun 5 2004
By Candace Scott (Lake Arrowhead, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: This Side of Paradise (Hardcover)
This was one of my favorite books when I was 15 years old. I read it several times and carried it with me around the dreary halls of the oppresive, boring land called High School. Even as a kid I sensed Fitzgerald's amazing writing gift: his effortless way of painting a visual picture in the mind of the reader. He was always extremely funny, off-beat and his charactizations are usually on the mark. Though Amory Blaine's psyche wanders a trifle after the first hundred pages, it's impossible not to gravitate towards him, the things he says and the stunts he pulls.

After 25 years I picked up the book again recently. Dusting off my old copy, I re-read the pages that had so captivated me as a teenager. Time dulls many things and people change. But I still love the book and think it's a brilliant first novel. Though it's sappy in spots and it definitely lags at the end, Fitzgerald still had a beautiful ability to harness the emotions of the reader into a world now vanished. It's not his most complete or mature work by a wide margin, but it matters not. This is still a great book, especially for young people or those still a kid at heart.

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5.0 out of 5 stars An introspective epiphany, Jun 2 2004
By "chackettt" (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: This Side Of Paradise (Paperback)
I realize that some reviewers find Blaine's selfishness and hubris offensive, and I ask, did you finish the book? He spells it out in simple english, though disguised as an afterthought, "Yes - I was perhaps an egotist in youth, but I soon found it made me morbid to think too much about myself."
This novel is the pronunciation of Amory Blaine's (read Fitzgerald's) emotional growth, sparked by the destruction of all the axioms that he thought he knew. He realizes at the end of the book (and the beginning of his life) that in order to matter, in the Descartes sense of the phrase, you need to make an impact on the lives of others. Blaine uses socialism as Monsignor used religion, to make himself indispensible to those that would listen to him, and so in some respect this novel is a blueprint for a good life lived, as any coming of age story should aspire to be. But above all, this novel is a doctrine of love. As Fitzgerald puts it, "yet the waters of disillusion had left a deposit on his soul, responsibility and a love of life, the faint stirrings of ambitions and unrealized dreams. But oh, Rosalind, Rosalind... It's all a poor substitute at best."
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love, Adoration, and Whatnot, April 28 2004
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This review is from: This Side Of Paradise (Paperback)
I have to say, I found this to be by far the best book of Fitzgerald's. Not only was it entertaining, but by turns I was repulsed, horrified, overjoyed, and attracted to the main character. I find that he is very much like a 17 or 18 year old male, heading to college. The descriptions of Princeton are apt, and vivid. I think it would make great reading for a high school English class-- not only is it better than Catcher in the Rye, it is also far more appropriate to their age than Gatsby.
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4.0 out of 5 stars This side of greatness
I normally stick with a current bestseller, such as "Life of Pi" or Jackson McCrae's "Children's Corner," but instead wanted to do some scholarly reading and picked TSOP instead... Read more
Published on Mar 26 2005 by J. Densmore

1.0 out of 5 stars Great Writer-Terrible Book
Fitzgerald is obviously one of America's greatest modern writers-his prose style and use of language is amazing and The Great Gatsby is a classic that everyone should own and... Read more
Published on Mar 26 2004 by dm

5.0 out of 5 stars amazing
This is one of my favorite fitzgerald books and its so unbelievably like princeton today with much more glamour
Published on Mar 17 2004

4.0 out of 5 stars Great First Novel, but uneven
Fitzgerald's first novel, this book is a character description of one Amory Blaine. In terms of plot, there doesn't seem to be one - at least in the traditional sense. Read more
Published on Mar 13 2004 by A reader

1.0 out of 5 stars First of all, his name is Amory...
...Not Armory. Just wanted to clarify that, although I agree with many of the points raised by other reviewers. Read more
Published on Feb 23 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay read
Not as great as "The Great Gatsby" or Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises," but still a good read. It's a little more "gnarly" than his Gatsby, and not quite as colorful. Read more
Published on Feb 12 2004

3.0 out of 5 stars 4 years of paradise
This Side of Paradise is a paean to that special period in a young man's life when he forges the principles, flirts with his talents, find and loses love. Read more
Published on Nov 27 2003 by Yan Timanovsky

2.0 out of 5 stars A flawed first book of the master of American Prose
If you can only read one F. Scott Fiztgerald book, read The Great Gatsby. If you can only read two, read Tender is the Night as well. Read more
Published on Oct 16 2003 by Michael Taylor

2.0 out of 5 stars More Egotist than Paradise
Fitzgerald's first novel deserves attention for two reasons: first, it is the first novel by the author of a future masterpiece, The Great Gatsby; second, it is a faithful first... Read more
Published on Jun 12 2003 by Scott Richburg

4.0 out of 5 stars Well Done
I like this book. It is an interesting story. I can't help but compare this novel to _Catcher in the Rye_. Read more
Published on Jun 11 2003

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