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'''''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.

There is a fair amount of references to [[Christianity]] in the secular novel, in addition to its title, such as this:

There is a fair amount of references to [[Christianity]] in the secular novel, in addition to its title, and copious references to "[[faith]]" including this:

 

 

She looked at him with such a startled face that he asked her the matter.

 

“Nothing,” she said slowly, “only this: five men have said that to me before, and it frightens me.”<ref>https://www.gutenberg.org/files/805/805-h/805-h.htm</ref>}}

Here is one of many references to Christianity:

{{cquote|Amory selected a blade of grass and nibbled at it scientifically.

{{cquote|Amory selected a blade of grass and nibbled at it scientifically.

“I never fall in love in August or September,” he proffered.

“I never fall in love in August or September,” he proffered.