This Side of Paradise is the
debut novel of
F. Scott Fitzgerald. Published in 1920, and taking its title from a line of the
Rupert Brooke poem
Tiare Tahiti, the book examines the lives and morality of post–
World War I youth. Its protagonist,
Amory Blaine, is an attractive
Princeton University student who dabbles in literature. The novel explores the theme of love warped by greed and status seeking.