The same warning signs that told me Frog Music is an abomination appear again. The first sentence is stiff. We spend a whole page setting a scene, but the atmosphere isn’t interesting. I know France is an exotic, exciting place. This cliche was boring the first time I read it. Characters appear, and...
Tender is the Night was published January through April, 1934. As an exercise in understanding, I am going to list a few things that were happening in 1933 through 1935 in the United States (per wikipedia): The U.S. was in the midst of a deep depression. 25% of the workforce was unemployed. FDR im...
If it wasn't for the fact that I was reading this for a bookgroup it would have gone back to the library days ago but I decided to persevere and it was an interesting intellectual exercise. But I didn't enjoy the experience. Maybe I'm shallow, maybe I'm jaded, but it just wasn't my kind of book. W...
Fresh from seeing the latest film version of 'The Great Gatsby' last month, I suddenly was filled with an anxious, eager curiosity to learn more about the "flapper era" of the 1920s and to read a book from F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hence I bought this novel."Tender is the Night" is divided into 3 books...
Tender is the Night brings to life a man named Dick Diver, and a large cast of characters. Filled with lush language as always, this is another one of Fitzgerald's great works─unfortunately not one he is remembered for. BUT ANYWAYS WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?GO TO BOOKSTORE.BUY THE DAMN BOOK.READ THE...
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