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SUMMARY:Classics & Contemporary Book Discussion
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DESCRIPTION:Join us to discuss This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgeral
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Considered scandalous (and brilliant) when
  it was published in 1920\,&nbsp\;<em>This Side of Paradise</em>&nbsp\;des
 cribes the intellectual\, spiritual\, and sexual education of young Amory 
 Blaine in the tumultuous America of the&nbsp\;early&nbsp\;twentieth centur
 y. Highly sophisticated yet hopelessly romantic\, Amory flounders from pre
 p school to Princeton to glittering Jazz Age New York\, confident that he 
 is destined for greatness but unsure how to go about it.&nbsp\; Fitzgerald
 &rsquo\;s razor-sharp re-creation of a defiant\, disillusioned generation 
 &ldquo\;grown up to find all Gods dead\, all wars fought\, all faiths in m
 an shaken&rdquo\; makes&nbsp\;<em>This Side of Paradise</em>&nbsp\;a timel
 ess autobiographical novel of youth and alienation. It moves from tenderne
 ss to cynicism to hope with the grace and power that make Fitzgerald one o
 f the greatest of American writers. (From the publisher)</p>\n<p>Copies of
  the book are available&nbsp\;<a href="https://ccs.polarislibrary.com/pola
 ris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=55.1033.0.0.53&amp\;type=Default&amp\;te
 rm=this%20side%20of%20paradise%20f.%20scott%20fitzgerald&amp\;by=KW&amp\;s
 ort=MP&amp\;limit=AB=55%20OR%20(OWN=3)&amp\;query=&amp\;page=0&amp\;search
 id=1">here</a>. Ebook copies are available through&nbsp\;<a href="https://
 dlil.overdrive.com/">Digital Library of Illinois</a>&nbsp\;or the Libby ap
 p. Both ebook and eaudiobook copies are always available through <a href="
 https://www.hoopladigital.com/home">Hoopla</a>.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>For those w
 ho would like to purchase a copy of&nbsp\;<em>This Side of Paradise</em>\,
  please support our local independent bookstore\,&nbsp\;<a href="https://w
 ww.thebookstall.com/">The Book Stall&nbsp\;</a>at 811 Elm Street in Winnet
 ka. Copies may also be available at Books Down Under on the Lower Level of
  the library. Proceeds benefit the Friends of the Wilmette Public Library.
 &nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://wilmette.libnet.info/event/12316214
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