This Side of Paradise · Characters
Character guide
Key figures in This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Amory Blaine
major
Also known as Beatrice Amory Blaine, Beatrice Blaine, Amory, Beatrice, Blaine, Mr. Amory Blaine, Amory Blaine, Monsignor Amory, the Young Egotist Amory, Amory's, dear Amory
The protagonist, a handsome and egotistical young man navigating love, loss, and identity.
Rosalind Connage
major
Also known as Rosalind, Rosalind Cecelia, Cecelia, Rosalind Coldly, Rosalind Mother, Mrs. Connage Rosalind, Rosalind Sarcastically, Rosalind Outside, Rosalind Dawson, Rosalind Amory, Alec Rosalind
Amory's great love, a beautiful and witty debutante who breaks his heart.
Monsignor Darcy
supporting
Also known as Darcy, Monsignor Darcy, Monsignor
A wise Catholic priest and mentor who guides Amory through his youth.
Beatrice Blaine
supporting
Also known as Beatrice Amory Blaine, Beatrice
Amory's sophisticated and eccentric mother, who shapes his early worldview.
Isabelle Borgé
supporting
Also known as Isabelle Borgé, Isabelle
Amory's first serious romantic interest during his Princeton years.
Burne Holiday
supporting
Also known as Holiday, Burne, Burne Holiday, Being Burne, Good old Burne
Amory's idealistic and principled friend at Princeton.
Eleanor Savage
supporting
Also known as Eleanor, Savage, Eleanor Savage
A free-spirited and intellectual young woman Amory meets after the war.
Clara Page
supporting
Also known as Clara Page, Clara
Amory's beautiful and virtuous cousin, a source of unattainable affection.
Tom D'Invilliers
supporting
Also known as Tom DвАЩInvilliers, Tom, Tom d’Invilliers, Tommy, Thomas Parke D’Invilliers, D’Invilliers
Amory's sensitive and literary friend at Princeton.
Alec Connage
supporting
Also known as Alec, Alexander Pope, Pope, Mrs. Connage, Mrs. Connage Alec, Emerges Mrs. Connage, Alec Thoughtfully, Alec Why, Alec Yeah, Mrs. Connage Sarcastically
Rosalind's brother and Amory's friend, later a source of scandal.
Fred Sloane
minor
Also known as Sloane, Fred Sloane, Fred
A wealthy and carefree Princeton classmate of Amory.
Myra St. Claire
minor
Also known as Miss Myra St. Claire, Miss St. Claire, Myra, Miss Myra
A young woman Amory briefly courts in his youth.
Howard Gillespie
minor
Also known as Mr. Gillespie, Gillespie, Rosalind Mr. Gillespie, Gillespie Desperately, Howard Gillespie, Howard, Gillespie Helplessly
A wealthy suitor for Rosalind, representing old money and stability.
Kerry Holiday
minor
Also known as Kerry, Kerry Holiday, Holiday, this Kerry, Kerry
Burne Holiday's brother, a fellow Princeton student.
Dawson Ryder
minor
Also known as Dawson Ryder, Mr. Ryder, Enter Dawson Ryder, Ryder, Dawson, Ryder Startled, Mr. J. Dawson Ryder
A wealthy suitor who eventually marries Rosalind.
Dick Humbird
minor
Also known as Humbird, Dick Humbird, the quiet Humbird, Dick
A popular and tragic Princeton classmate of Amory.
Phyllis Styles
minor
Also known as Phyllis Styles, Phyllis, The blithesome Phyllis
A flirtatious young woman at a party Amory attends.
Sally Weatherby
minor
Also known as Sally Weatherby, Sally
A friend of Rosalind's and part of her social circle.
Froggy Parker
minor
Also known as Froggy Parker, Froggy, Frog Parker
A childhood friend of Amory from Minneapolis.
Jesse Ferrenby
minor
Also known as Jesse Ferrenby, Ferrenby, Jesse
A Princeton classmate and friend of Amory.
Rahill
minor
Also known as Rahill
A Princeton classmate and friend of Amory.
Jill
minor
Also known as Jill
A young woman Amory meets during his post-war travels.
Stephen Blaine
minor
Also known as Stephen Blaine, Stephen
Amory's father, a distant and ineffectual figure.
Mrs. Lawrence
minor
Also known as a Mrs. Lawrence, Mrs. Lawrence
A woman Amory meets during his time in New York.
Cecelia Connage
minor
Also known as Cecelia Money, Cecelia, Cecelia Connage
Rosalind's younger sister, a minor presence in the family.
Ted Converse
minor
Also known as Ted Converse
A Princeton classmate of Amory.
Slim Langueduc
minor
Also known as Langueduc, вАЬSlimвАЭ Langueduc
A Princeton classmate known for his tall, thin frame.
Margaret Diamond
minor
Also known as Margaret Diamond
A young woman Amory briefly dates.
Phoebe Column
minor
Also known as Phoebe Column, Phoebe
A minor character in Amory's social circle.
Carling
minor
Also known as Carling
A Princeton classmate of Amory.
Marty Kaye
minor
Also known as Marty Kaye, Kaye
A friend Amory meets during his time in New York.
Mr. Barlow
minor
Also known as Barlow, Mr. Barlow
A Princeton faculty member or administrator.
Thornton Hancock
minor
Also known as the Honorable Thornton Hancock, Thornton Hancock, old Thornton Hancock
A distinguished older relative of Amory's family.
Count Del Monte
minor
Also known as Count Del Monte, The Count Del Monte, Poor little Count, Count
A minor European nobleman encountered by Amory.
Axia Marlowe
minor
Also known as Axia Marlowe, Axia
A glamorous and worldly woman Amory meets.
Paskert
minor
Also known as young Paskert, Paskert
A Princeton classmate of Amory.
Mr. Reardon
minor
Also known as Mr. Reardon
A minor acquaintance from Amory's New York period.
Marylyn De Witt
minor
Also known as Marylyn, Marylyn De Witt—she
A young woman Amory briefly knows.
Findle Margotson
minor
Also known as Findle Margotson, Findle
A Princeton classmate of Amory.
Sarah Murphy
minor
Also known as Sarah Murphy, Sarah
A minor character in Amory's social circle.
Clara Shanafelt
minor
Also known as Clara Shanafelt, Clara
A minor acquaintance of Amory.
