This Side of Paradise (Illustrated Edition)

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Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald ISBN: 9781475302776
Publisher: Charles River Editors Publication: March 7, 2012
Imprint: Language: English
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781475302776
Publisher: Charles River Editors
Publication: March 7, 2012
Imprint:
Language: English
The 1920s in the United States were known as the Roaring Twenties and the ultimate Jazz Age for the nation, a time that glorified hard and fast living. And nobody personified it or wrote so descriptively about it as F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), whose name became synonymous with the times after penning the epic Great Gatsby. Along with his dazzling wife Zelda, Fitzgerald was all too keen to play the role. When his writing made them celebrities, they were celebrated by the national press for being young, seemingly wealthy, beautiful, and energetic. While Scott used their relationship as material in his novels, Zelda wrote herself, and she also strove to become a ballerina. The Fitzgerald barely outlasted the 20s. Their hard living left Fitzgerald, a notorious alcoholic, in poor health by the 30s. Financially broke, he would die of a massive heartattack in 1940, by which time Zelda had already suffered various mental illnesses. Zelda died in a freak fire in 1948, both Fitzgeralds having burned out almost as quickly as they had shined. Interest in the Fitzgeralds, and particularly his writing, revived in the 50s and has been steady ever since, with Fitzgeralds Great Gatsby and other stories like This Side of Paradise being read in classrooms across the United States. In addition to their extraordinary literary quality, they continue to represent the optimism of the Roaring Twenties. This Side of Paradise, Fitzgeralds first novel, was inspired by his courtship of Zelda. The novel describes the romance of a young student who dabbles in literature and portrays how love is adversely affected by the greed of the post-World War I era. Fitzgerald had just been spurned by Zelda and hoped this novel would help him win her back, which it did. This edition of Fitzgeralds This Side of Paradise is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with over a dozen pictures of the Fitzgeralds, their lives, and works.
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The 1920s in the United States were known as the Roaring Twenties and the ultimate Jazz Age for the nation, a time that glorified hard and fast living. And nobody personified it or wrote so descriptively about it as F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940), whose name became synonymous with the times after penning the epic Great Gatsby. Along with his dazzling wife Zelda, Fitzgerald was all too keen to play the role. When his writing made them celebrities, they were celebrated by the national press for being young, seemingly wealthy, beautiful, and energetic. While Scott used their relationship as material in his novels, Zelda wrote herself, and she also strove to become a ballerina. The Fitzgerald barely outlasted the 20s. Their hard living left Fitzgerald, a notorious alcoholic, in poor health by the 30s. Financially broke, he would die of a massive heartattack in 1940, by which time Zelda had already suffered various mental illnesses. Zelda died in a freak fire in 1948, both Fitzgeralds having burned out almost as quickly as they had shined. Interest in the Fitzgeralds, and particularly his writing, revived in the 50s and has been steady ever since, with Fitzgeralds Great Gatsby and other stories like This Side of Paradise being read in classrooms across the United States. In addition to their extraordinary literary quality, they continue to represent the optimism of the Roaring Twenties. This Side of Paradise, Fitzgeralds first novel, was inspired by his courtship of Zelda. The novel describes the romance of a young student who dabbles in literature and portrays how love is adversely affected by the greed of the post-World War I era. Fitzgerald had just been spurned by Zelda and hoped this novel would help him win her back, which it did. This edition of Fitzgeralds This Side of Paradise is specially formatted with a Table of Contents and is illustrated with over a dozen pictures of the Fitzgeralds, their lives, and works.

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