i
Owen Johnson’s 1912 boys’ book about “Dink” Stover; it exposes academic anti-intellectualism and social elitism.
j
Student hangout in Princeton at 64 Nassau Street with a soda fountain and a lunch counter that sold clothing and school supplies.
Ajigger
is a sundae.
k
Princeton College drama club focusing on producing musical comedies.
l
Variety shop on Witherspoon Street in Princeton with a soda fountain and lunch counter where Amory meets the “highbrow” Thomas Parke D’Invilliers, a character based on Fitzgerald’s Princeton friend John Peale Bishop.
m
Musical comedy put on by the Triangle Club; the title is similar to “Fie! Fie! Fi-Fi!”—a 1914-1915 Triangle Club musical with script and lyrics written by Fitzgerald.
n
Social event devoted to hugging and kissing.
o
The Stutz Bearcat was a popular two-seater sports car of the 1910s and 1920s.
p
Princeton University student newspaper.
q
Hotel and tavern located at 52 Nassau Street in Princeton.
r
Resort on the Jersey Shore frequented by the wealthy.
s
Elegant Manhattan restaurant located at 522 Fifth Avenue.
t
The blue slip Amory receives from the Registrar’s Office means he did not pass the exam to be taken off “conditioned” status.
u
French Aviation Service composed of volunteer American pilots, formed in 1916.
v
Waiter who takes small change,
ajitney
(“nickel”), for his services.
w
Romantic World War I poet whose poem “Tiare Tahiti” (1914) strongly influenced
This Side of Paradise.
x
By Compton MacKenzie, this novel is said to be a model for
This Side of Paradise.
y
Fitzgerald’s friend Henry Strater (the model for Burne Holiday) participated in a 1917 revolt against the Princeton eating clubs.
z
Tolstoy’s novel, published in the United States in 1890, about sexual relationships, marriage, and morality.
aa
Christian disciple in the Bible (Acts 6-7) who is chosen by the people to preach and who is stoned to death by the elders and scribes for blasphemy.
ab
State of reverie, abstraction, or deep thought.
ac
1916 musical showpiece song that sold more than 2 million copies in combined sales of sheet music and recordings.
ad
Paul von Hindenburg (1847-1934), German field marshal during World War I; later (1925-1934) he was president of Germany.
ae
World War I embarkation camp (where troops waited to be transported to the war) in Mineola, Long Island; Fitzgerald was stationed there when the armistice was signed.
af
Parrish (1870-1966) was a popular book illustrator and poster artist of the 1920s and 1930s whose work was lush, romantic, and sentimental.
ag
At age nineteen, Rosalind has already been expelled from this fashionable prep school for girls then at 30 West 55th Street in New York City.
ah
Bar on Broadway and 38th Street in Manhattan.
ai
Restaurant on Broadway north of 42nd Street.
aj
On July 1, 1919, the United States went dry under a wartime prohibition measure passed by Congress; this was a “dry run” for the Eighteenth Amendment, which was passed on January 16, 1920.
ak
Included in Amory’s massive reading list are works by H. L. Mencken (1880-1956), an influential social and literary critic during the 1910s and 1920s who became Fitzgerald’s friend.
al
Edgar Allan Poe’s morose “Ulalume: A Ballad” (1847).
am
At that time
bobbed
(“cut short”) hair on young women, such as Eleanor Savage, was seen as a sign of their independence and rebellion against society.
an
Passed by Congress in 1910, and also known as the White Slave Act, this law made it a penitentiary offense to transport a woman across state lines for “immoral purposes.”
ao
Men’s underwear made by Bradley, Voorhies, and Day.
ap
Elegant restaurant located on Fifth Avenue and 44th Street; it is in stark contrast here to Amory’s impoverished state.
aq
Sometimes used as a synonym for “communist,” the term Bolshevik was used as a derogatory term for a radical or a left-winger.
ar
The Lewis machine gun was used by American troops in World War I.