''This Side of Paradise'' is a romantic, funny novel which was [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s first major work, at the age of 23. It was a bestseller and established him as a preeminent writer of his time. The novel includes mockery of the social elite and a pampered child of wealth, named Amory Blaine. | ''This Side of Paradise'' is a romantic, funny novel which was [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]'s first major work, at the age of 23. It was a bestseller and established him as a preeminent writer of his time. The novel includes mockery of the social elite and a pampered child of wealth, named Amory Blaine. |