This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I hope something happens. I’m restless as the devil and have a horror of getting fat or falling in love and growing domestic.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of ParadiseThis Side of Paradise is the debut novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, published in 1920. The book examines the lives and morality of post–World War I youth. Its protagonist Amory Blaine is an attractive student at Princeton University who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status seeking, and takes its title from a line of Rupert Brooke’s poem Tiare Tahiti. The novel famously helped F. Scott Fitzgerald gain Zelda Sayre’s hand in marriage; its publication was her condition of acceptance.A True Classic that Belongs on Every Bookshelf!