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This Side of Paradise: Audiobook

by F. Scott Fitzgerald · 1920

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Side of Paradise audiobook runs 9.5 hours (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
3.9★17 ratings
Romancegenre
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Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish This Side of Paradise at common listening paces
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30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days
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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 14% longer than the average romance audiobook (8.3 hrs across 3536 titles in our dataset).

Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for romance listeners who want a central love story and a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 9.5 hours.

About the book

Young midwesterner Amory Blaine is certain he is destined for greatness. On his quest, he enrolls in Princeton, finds an ephemeral first love, fulfills his duty in war, and becomes enraptured by debutante Rosalind Connage, who defines all that Amory has desired and everything he could lose. As conventions, romance, and money fail him, Amory’s restless pursuit of enlightenment takes him down a dark path, but closer to understanding himself and his place in the world. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote This Side of Paradise in the hopes of attaining celebrity and to win back the spirited Zelda Sayre. He achieved both—becoming an overnight literary success and marrying Zelda barely a week after publication.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This Side of Paradise audiobook?

This Side of Paradise runs 9.5 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is the This Side of Paradise audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

When was This Side of Paradise first published?

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in 1920.