# Rosalind Connage — This Side of Paradise character guide

> Rosalind Connage in This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

**Role:** 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

**First appearance:** 0010-i-the-d-butante

## Who they are

A radiant, self-aware debutante who treats flirtation as a fine art and marriage as a market, and who finds in Amory the one man she cannot quite manage.

## Relationships

### [Amory Blaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/characters/amory_blaine)

_romantic_

Amory's intense, ultimately doomed love affair with the beautiful and shallow Rosalind, who breaks his heart by choosing wealth and security over passion.

### [Dawson Ryder](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/characters/dawson_ryder)

_romantic_

A pragmatic, socially approved match where Dawson's wealth and stability appeal to Rosalind's desire for security over Amory's romantic intensity.

### [Howard Gillespie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/characters/howard_gillespie)

_social_

A wealthy suitor in Rosalind's social orbit, representing the materialistic alternatives to Amory that ultimately appeal to her practical nature.

### [Amory Blaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/characters/amory_blaine)

_romantic_

Amory's intense, ultimately doomed love affair with the beautiful and shallow Rosalind, who breaks his heart by choosing wealth and security over passion.

### [Amory Blaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/characters/amory_blaine)

_romantic_

Amory's intense, ultimately doomed love affair with the beautiful and shallow Rosalind, who breaks his heart by choosing wealth and security over passion.

## In the story

### [This Side of Paradise](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/chapters/this-side-of-paradise)

Amory's great love, a beautiful and modern young woman whose rejection deepens his disillusionment.

### [Book II: The Education of a Personage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/chapters/book-ii-the-education-of-a-personage)

Reignites romance with Amory but ultimately leaves him for a wealthier suitor, citing financial security.

### [The Débutante](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/chapters/i-the-d-butante)

Torn between her love for Amory and the practical advantages of marrying the stable Dawson Ryder; ultimately chooses the latter.

### [II: Experiments in Convalescence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/chapters/ii-experiments-in-convalescence)

Referenced as the source of Amory's heartbreak; he reflects on his deep affection for her and the pain of their separation.

### [IV: The Supercilious Sacrifice](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/chapters/iv-the-supercilious-sacrifice)

Amory's lost love; he mourns her as 'young Rosalind is dead' and feels only bitterness remains.

### [The Egotist Becomes a Personage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/this_side_of_paradise_se/chapters/v-the-egotist-becomes-a-personage)

Listed among the women Amory once idealized but now sees as removed by their beauty from contributing anything meaningful.

## Links

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