This Side of Paradise
This story of a privileged but aimless young man traces his formative years in the Midwest and at Princeton, then follows him as he is dumped unceremoniously into WWI and an everyday world at complete odds with his lofty aspirations.
This story of a privileged but aimless young man traces his formative years in the Midwest and at Princeton, then follows him as he is dumped unceremoniously into WWI and an everyday world at complete odds with his lofty aspirations.
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780684843780
Publish date: 14-07-1998
Publisher: Scribner
Edition language: English
I love Fitzgerald's short stories and The Great Gatsby, but I can't get excited about this book at all. I just finished The Beautiful and the Damned - which was not an exciting read - and this book seems to be along the same lines, except that Amory Blaine is younger than Anthony Patch. Reading th...
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This was a little bit choppy and largely autobiographical, from what I understand. The ability was there, waiting to be developed, but his organizational skills weren't so hot. I loved this passage: "Youth is like having a big plate of candy. Sentimentalists think they want to be in the pure, simpl...
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