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Violence
Barely any
No significant violence
Language
Barely any
Literary prose; minimal profanity
Sexual Content
Some
Romantic relationships and the era's flapper culture; some adult content; period-appropriate
Substance Use
Some
Drinking is part of the social fabric of Princeton and postwar New York
Emotional Intensity
Some
The psychology of narcissism confronting reality; disillusionment as a coming-of-age experience
What this book is about
Amory Blaine, a Princeton-educated young man from a wealthy family, navigates the transition from adolescent self-regard to the disillusionment of early adulthood in the years around WWI. Fitzgerald's debut is uneven and autobiographical—alternating between poetry and prose, romanticism and cynicism—but captures the dislocation of a generation.
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