About this book

Amory Blaine is a handsome student at Princeton University. He prefers reading and spending time with his friends rather than studying. Searching for his purpose, he experiences heartbreak, military service, and financial worries. Amory can’t help but be disappointed in this society that he considers to be shallow and corrupted. Capturing the essence of the Jazz Age, This Side of Paradise is inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald’s own life. It explores themes of love, greed, and the questioning of traditional values in the 1920s.