This Side of Paradise, published in 1920, is F Scott Fitzgerald's first novel. In it, Amory Blaine is a young man, in high society, struggling to find himself. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Association | Description | Place | Locale | Food | Event | |
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| 1917/11/20 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Military | Lt F Scott Fitzgerald reports to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for officers training and begin writing "The Romantic Egotist". | Fort Leavenworth | Kansas | ||
| 1918/03/00 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Author | While on leave from the Army, Scott Fitzgerald completes his first draft of "The Romantic Egotist" at the Cottage Club in Princeton and sends it to Charles Scribner's Sons. | University Cottage Club | Princeton | ||
| 1918/06/00 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Author | Scott Fitzgerald is posted at Camp Sheridan (lost) in Montgomery, Alabama, where he reworks "The Romantic Egotist" and meets Zelda Sayre. Zelda and Scott may have been introduced at a Thorington tea party in the South House. | Winter Place | Montgomery, AL | Marriage of Zelda Sayre and F Scott Fitzgerald | |
| 1918/10/00 | Charles W Donahoe | Friend | F Scott Fitzgerald sends a corrected typescript of "The Romantic Egotist in five chapters to Charles W Donahoe. The manuscript will be donated to Princeton University in 1948. | ||||
| 1919/07/04 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Author | Utterly disgusted with myself and all the editors, I went home to St Paul and informed family and friends that I had given up my position and had come home to write a novel. They nodded politely, changed the subject and spoke of me very gently. - FSF | Fitzgerald Summit Terrace | St Paul, MN | ||
| 1919/09/15 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Author | But this time I knew what I was doing. I had a novel to write at last, and all through two hot months I wrote and revised and compiled and boiled down. On September fifteen This Side of Paradise was accepted by special delivery. - FSF | Fitzgerald Summit Terrace | St Paul, MN | ||
| 1919/09/16 | Maxwell E Perkins | Editor | Charles Scribner's Sons agree to publish "This Side of Paradise", a novel by F Scott Fitzgerald. | ||||
| 1920/01/00 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Home | In mid-January, Scott takes a room at a cheap boarding house in New Orleans for less than a month. He begins writing a novel titled "Dear Heart" which has been lost, edits proofs of "This Side of Paradise" and enjoys Sazerac cocktails. | F Scott Fitzgerald's Boarding House | New Orleans | Sazerac (cocktail) | |
| 1920/03/26 | F Scott Fitzgerald | Author | "This Side of Paradise" by F Scott Fitzgerald is published. The first printing sells out in 3 days. | ||||
| 1920/03/26 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Publisher | "This Side of Paradise" by F Scott Fitzgerald is published. The first printing sells out in 3 days. |
| Particulars for This Side of Paradise (book): | |||
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| Art Type | Book | a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers. | |
| Narrative Arts | Collegiate Life | ||
| Historic Use | Country Club | ||
| Narrative Arts | Fiction | prose literature, especially short stories and novels, that describes imaginary events and people | |
| Narrative Arts | Narrative | an account of connected events | |
| Art Type | Novel | long form fiction narrative that is at least 40,000 words in length | |
| Narrative Arts | Prose | ordinary written language | |
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| Original Language: | English | ||
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