{"product_id":"2940012253262","title":"This Side of Paradise","description":"81,349 words (≈ about 5 hours)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf the “Roaring Twenties” are remembered as the era of“flaming youth,” it was F. Scott Fitzgerald who lit the fire. His semi-autobiographical first novel, This Side of Paradise, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlternately 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.","brand":"Platinum Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069153460464,"sku":"2940012253262","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012253262_p0.jpg?v=1763553716","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012253262","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}