This Side of Paradise (Modern Library Classics) - Softcover

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0375758860 ISBN 13: 9780375758867

Publisher: Modern Library Inc, 2001

Synopsis

This Side of Paradise is the book that established F. Scott Fitzgerald as the prophet and golden boy of the newly dawned Jazz Age. Published in 1920, when he was just twenty-three, the novel catapulted him to instant fame and financial success. The story of Amory Blaine, a privileged, aimless, and self-absorbed Princeton student, This Side of Paradise closely reflects Fitzgerald's own experiences as an undergraduate. Amory Blaine's journey from prep school to college to the First World War is an account of the lost generation The young romantic egotist symbolizes what Fitzgerald so memorably described as "a new generation grown up to find all Gods dead, all wars fought, all faiths in man shaken." A pastiche of literary styles, this dazzling chronicle of youth remains bitingly relevant decades later. This Side of Paradise commits almost every sin that a novel can possibly commit, wrote Edmund Wilson. But it does not commit the unpardonable sin: it does not fail to live. The whole preposterous farrago is animated with life.Since 1917 The Modern Library prides itself as The modern Library of the world s Best Books . Featuring introductions by leading writers, stunning translations, scholarly endnotes and reading group guides. Production values emphasize superior quality and readability. Competitive prices, coupled with exciting cover design make these an ideal gift to be cherished by the avid reader.

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Review

"As nearly perfect as such a work could be . . . The glorious spirit of abounding youth glows throughout this fascinating tale. Amory, the romantic egotist, is essentially American." -The New York Times

"[A] bravura display of literary promise . . . Fitzgerald's prose is capable of soaring like a violin, and of moving his readers with understated husky notes as well as with notes of piercing purity . . . Fitzgerald knew that glamour was bound to fail, that there is an ineradicable human instinct for it which is utterly mistaken." -from the Introduction by Craig Raine

Book Description

This Side of Paradise is the opening statement of Fitzgerald's literary career. Published in 1920, the novel captures the gaudy decade that was to follow in America. This critical edition offers an accurate, fully annotated text based on Fitzgerald's original manuscript, explanatory notes, textual apparatus and appendices.

Edition details

• Publisher: Modern Library Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0375758860
• ISBN 13: 9780375758867
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352