&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RThis Side of Paradise&&L/I&&R, by
&&LB&&RF. Scott Fitzgerald&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble
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"Roaring Twenties" are remembered as the era of"flaming youth," it was
&&LB&&RF. Scott Fitzgerald&&L/B&&R who lit the fire. His
semi-autobiographical first novel, &&LI&&RThis Side of Paradise&&L/I&&R,
became an instant best-seller and established an image of seemingly
carefree, party-mad young men and women out to create a new morality for
a new, post-war America. It traces the early life of Amory Blaine from
the end of prep school through Princeton to the start of an uncertain
career in New York City.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RAlternately self-confident and
self-effacing, torn between ambition and idleness, the self-absorbed,
immature Amory yearns to run with Princeton's rich, fast crowd and
become one of the "gods" of the campus. Hopelessly romantic, he learns
about love and sex from a series of beautiful young "flappers," women
who leave him both exhilarated and devastated. Fitzgerald describes it
all in intensely lyrical prose that fills the novel with a heartbreaking
sense of longing, as Amory comes to understand that the sweet-scented
springtime of his life is fragile and fleeting, disappearing into memory
even as he reaches for it.&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R
&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LB&&RSharon G. Carson&&L/B&&R is Professor
Emerita in the English Department at Kent State University, where she
has taught for thirty-five years. She is the author of numerous articles
and essays on modern and contemporary
fiction.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R
