THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD


. . . Well this side of Paradise! . . .
There's little comfort in the wise.
--Rupert Brooke.


Experience is the name so many people
give to their mistakes.
--Oscar Wilde.



To SIGOURNEY FAY




CONTENTS

BOOK ONE: The Romantic Egotist
1. AMORY, SON OF BEATRICE
2. SPIRES AND GARGOYLES
3. THE EGOTIST CONSIDERS
4. NARCISSUS OFF DUTY

[INTERLUDE: MAY, 1917-FEBRUARY, 1919. ]