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 CHAPTER 1. Amory, Son of Beatrice CHAPTER 2. Spires and Gargoyles CHAPTER 3. The Egotist Considers CHAPTER 4. Narcissus Off Duty INTERLUDE BOOK TWO—The Education of a Personage CHAPTER 1. The Debutante CHAPTER 2. Experiments in Convalescence