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Title: A quality first novel.
Review: This Side of Paradise is Fitzgerald's first novel and compared to most first novels, it is one of high quality. It is primarily a character study of Amory Blaine ,a young man of romantic temperament who lives off the inheritance form his wealthy mother. Blaine and his relationships with his male friends at Princeton both during and after college are one part of the book.His sense of purposelessness and his relationships with women are the other major themes of the book.Blaine is not a likable protagonist but Fitzgerald makes him compelling and his strong ear for dialogue and wonderful writing style plus some interesting secondary characters make the novel a winner
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