This Side of Paradise

F. Scott Fitzgerald¿s first novel features Amory Blaine, a handsome, wealthy, spoiled, and snobbish young man from the Midwest who attends Princeton University to acquire a refined sense of the proper ¿social¿ values. Lacking all sense of purpose, he interests himself primarily in literary cults, vaguely ¿liberal¿ student activities, and a series of flirtations with some rather predatory young ladies. Partially autobiographical, This Side of Paradise was credited with having invented the American flapper.