This Side of Paradise
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Book 1, Chapter 1: Amory, Son of Beatrice Book 1, Chapter 2: Spires and Gargoyles Book 1, Chapter 3: The Egotist Considers Book 1, Chapter 4: Narcissus Off Duty Interlude: May, 1917 – February, 1919 Book 2, Chapter 1: The Débutante Book 2, Chapter 2: Experiments in Convalescence Book 2, Chapter 3: Young Irony Book 2, Chapter 4: The Supercilious Sacrifice Book 2, Chapter 5: The Egotist Becomes a Personage
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All Themes Youth, Innocence, and Coming of Age Friendship and Masculinity War, Modern Life, and Generations Money and Class Love and Sexuality
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All Characters Amory Blaine Beatrice Blaine Rosalind Connage Monsignor Darcy Thomas Parke D’Invilliers (Tom) Burne Holiday Isabelle Borgé Eleanor Savage Clara Page Dick Humbird Kerry Holiday Alec Connage Stephen Blaine
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All Symbols Lake Geneva Estate The Slicker
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This Side of Paradise

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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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