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This Side of Paradise (book)

Author: F Scott Fitzgerald

Type: Novel
Length: 305 pages

This Side of Paradise, published in 1920, is F Scott Fitzgerald's first novel. In it, Amory Blaine is a young man, in high society, struggling to find himself. - AsNotedIn

Theme Group: American College Life
Theme Group: Literary New York, NY
Theme Group: Lost Generation
Theme Group: The Jazz Age
Theme Group: The Roaring Twenties

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Places

Atlantic City Boardwalk, Atlantic City, NJ In "This Side of Paradise", Amory paces the Atlantic City board walk at days end, October 1919.
Knickerbocker Hotel, New York City In "This Side of Paradise", Amory walks into the Knickerbocker Bar, Thursday, June 10th, 1919 (the mural was installed at The King Cole Bar at the St Regis in 1932).
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin In "This Side of Paradise", the Blaine family estate is in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
Lake Geneva Depot, Lake Geneva Beatrice picks up Amory from the Lake Geneva Depot.
Manhattan NYC, New York City "This Side of Paradise" is set in Manhattan, 1919.
Minneapolis, Minnesota After the operation Beatrice had a nervous breakdown that bore a suspicious resemblance to delirium tremens, and Amory was left in Minneapolis, destined to spend the ensuing two years with his aunt and uncle.
Monmouth County, In "This Side of Paradise", Amory and his buddies hang out in Deal, New Jersey.
The Minikahda Club, Minneapolis So mama said for me to wait till ha'past five. We'll catch the bob before it gets to the Minnehaha Club.
Vanderbilt Hotel, New York City In "This Side of Paradise", Amory stays at the Vanderbilt Hotel in NYC.

Food

Bronx (cocktail) Cocktail

Timeline

Y/M/D		Association	Description	Place	Locale	Event
1918/06/00	F Scott Fitzgerald	Author	Scott Fitzgerald is posted at Camp Sheridan (lost) in Montgomery, Alabama, where he reworks the "The Romantic Egotist" and meets Zelda Sayre. Zelda and Scott may have been introduced at a Thorington tea party in the South House.	Winter Place	Montgomery, AL	Marriage of Zelda Sayre and F Scott Fitzgerald
1919/07/04	F Scott Fitzgerald	Author	Utterly disgusted with myself and all the editors, I went home to St Paul and informed family and friends that I had given up my position and had come home to write a novel. They nodded politely, changed the subject and spoke of me very gently. - FSF	Fitzgerald Summit Terrace	St Paul, MN
1919/09/15	F Scott Fitzgerald	Author	But this time I knew what I was doing. I had a novel to write at last, and all through two hot months I wrote and revised and compiled and boiled down. On September fifteen This Side of Paradise was accepted by special delivery. - FSF	Fitzgerald Summit Terrace	St Paul, MN
1920/03/26	F Scott Fitzgerald	Author	"This Side of Paradise" by F Scott Fitzgerald is published. The first printing sells out in 3 days.
1920/03/26	Charles Scribner's Sons	Publisher	"This Side of Paradise" by F Scott Fitzgerald is published. The first printing sells out in 3 days.
1920/03/26	Maxwell E Perkins	Editor	"This Side of Paradise" by F Scott Fitzgerald is published. The first printing sells out in 3 days.

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Particulars for This Side of Paradise (book):
Art Type	Book	a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.
Narrative Arts	Collegiate Life
Historic Use	Country Club
Narrative Arts	Fiction	prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people
Narrative Arts	Narrative	an account of connected events
Art Type	Novel	long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length
Narrative Arts	Prose	ordinary written language

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Original Language:	English

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