Follows the story of Amory Blaine from prep school to Princeton, in an autobiographical coming-of-age novel capturing the rhythms of a generation and of America early in the twentieth century.
Biographical Note v Introduction xi Susan Orlean THIS SIDE OF PARADISE Book One: The Romantic Egotist 1(188) Amory, Son of Beatrice 3(39) Spires and Gargoyles 42(60) The Egotist Considers 102(34) Narcissus Off Duty 136(53) Interlude: May, 1917--February, 1919 177(12) Book Two: The Education of a Personage 189(134) The Debutante 191(34) Experiments in Convalescence 225(27) Young Irony 252(24) The Supercilious Sacrifice 276(13) The Egotist Becomes a Personage 289(34) Commentary 323(10) Reading Group Guide 333
