F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise is the opening statement of his literary career. Published originally in 1920, the novel captures the rhythm and feel of the gaudy decade that was to follow in America. This Side of Paradise made Fitzgerald simultaneously famous and infamous: famous for the stylish exuberance of his writing and infamous for the errors--in spelling, fact, grammar, and chronology--that peppered his text. This new edition brings into being an accurate, fully annotated text based on Fitzgerald's original manuscript.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Fitzgerald''s first novel, reprinted in the handsome Everyman''s Library series of literary classic, uses numerous formal experiments to tell the story of Amory Blaine, as he grows up during the crazy years following the First World War. It also contains a new introduction by Craig Raine that describes critical and popular reception of the book when it came out in 1920.--This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Publishers Weekly
Fitzgerald''s first novel, about a coterie of Princeton socialites, appears in a 75th anniversary edition.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Fitzgerald is having a big year (see News, LJ, November 1, p. 16). Not only were three scholarly titles published to celebrate his recent centenary (LJ 9/1/96), but this, his first novel, has now entered into public domain. Publishers are quick to take advantage of the opportunity, and two other editions of This Side have already appeared (Classic Returns, LJ 4/15/96). Though the most no-frills of the bunch, this version is also by far the cheapest.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From AudioFile
F. Scott Fitzgerald''s first big hit appealed to the hedonistic youth of The Jazz Age, its immaturity aiding its popularity. Sorely dated, it nonetheless contains vigorous writing and strong characterization. It''s a romantic self-portrait of a time in which the hero enters Princeton as a spoiled brat and, after several love affairs, instructive friendships and intellectual awakenings, matures, if that''s the right word, into a penniless and sadder but wiser copywriter. Energetic Dick Hill has a good time with this formless novel. In so doing, he chews up a lot of scenery, but the grandiloquent author would probably approve. Indeed, he manages to take the edge off of the "romantic egoists" who so charmed one generation while seeming obnoxious to the current one.Y.R.(c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Chicago Tribune
"Bears the impress of genius....splendid and fascinating."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Amory Blaine in This Side of Paradise
"It''s essentially cleaner to be corrupt and rich than it is to be innocent and poor."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-- Chicago Tribune
"Bears the impress of genius....splendid and fascinating."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
-- Amory Blaine in This Side of Paradise
"It''s essentially cleaner to be corrupt and rich than it is to be innocent and poor."--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Chicago TribuneBears the impress of genius...splendid and fascinating.--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
| 出版社 | Dover Publications Inc. |
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| 作者 | F. Scott Fitzgerald |