This Side of Paradise

Francis Scott Fitzgerald was one of the representatives of the so-called lost generation in the literature.This Side Of Paradise is the first novel written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald. The main character Amory Blaine comes from a rich American family with European roots. Blaine is extraordinary beautiful and talented, but he is vain and ambitious. He has so great success in study, that he tries to answer worse in lessons. First he isn't lucky in sport, but he achieves success also here thanks to his trainings. Huge impact on him has his mother Beatrisa, a whimsical hypocrite, and her friend Monsignor Darcy, who is a Catholic priest. Amory Blaine wants to occupy a favorable position in the life. Whether he will achieve his aim? Read This Side Of Paradise to know it.