This Side of Paradise

Amory Blaine, a wealthy Midwestern boy set on rejecting his upbringing, turns his ambitions to the elite society of the east coast. But as Blaine progresses through a sequence of romantic attachments, the life he longs for continues to elude him.

Fitzgerald's debut novel examines the way in which greed, money, and the lust for power can corrupt life, love, and human relationships.

Amory Blaine, un baiat bogat din Midwest, care isi propune sa-si respinga cresterea, isi indreapta ambitiile catre societatea de elita de pe coasta de est. Dar, pe masura ce Blaine progreseaza printr-o succesiune de atasamente romantice, viata dupa care tanjeste continua sa-l evite.