The Making of This Side of Paradise

by James L.W. West III

Book Overview

"To write it took three months; to conceive it--three minutes; to collect the data in it--all my life." So said F. Scott Fitzgerald regarding This Side of Paradise, the novel he began writing in November 1917 and published on March 26, 1920. This Side of Paradise launched Fitzgerald as the "Prophet of the Jazz Age" and the spokesman for his generation. It is still one of the major reasons for his fame today.

The story of how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812278674
• ISBN13: 9780812278675
• Release Date: March 1983
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"