This Side of Paradise

Fitzgerald’s first novel, which brought him literary fame.

A book that became a manifesto for American youth of the “Jazz Age.”

All young people are the same. They’re sure that an amazing future awaits them and that the whole world belongs to them.

That’s what ambitious Emory Blaine believed—until he went through the harsh school of World War I. His story is the fate of an entire generation for whom “all the gods have died, all the wars have ended, and every faith has been undermined.” Now, after many losses, a long line of failures, and bitter disappointments, he wants only one thing with all his heart— to have fun and enjoy every moment.

But what is the true value of life “on this side of paradise”?