In typical Fitzgerald fashion, Tender is the Night, is a novel of both excess and haunting tragedy. It tells the story of a much loved couple, the Divers, living a life of leisure in the French Riviera. Dick is a well-respected psychologist and his wife Nicole, the wealthy daughter of an important C...
Fitzgerald's novels are very poignant, and speak often to the middle-class and upper-class feelings that manque quelque chose, something is missing. As in The Great Gatsby, our sorry heroes attempt to fill in their emptinesses through infidelity, but ultimately relent: returning from some youthful r...
"Bearing in mind that the story is largely autobiographical- Tender is the Night is amazingly unemotional and detached- as so many books from this generation of writers are. This might be something you like (especially if you are a guy- sorry about the sexism) but is not really my cup of tea."See fu...
This is, without a doubt, my favorite American Modernist work. You go back and forth between loving and hating the characters until you lose sight of who's good and who's bad--which I personally think is intentional on Fitzgerald's part. While Fitzgerald does get lost in his own descriptions and wri...
F. Scott Fitzgerald's devotion to his wife, Zelda, is well-documented, as is her mental breakdown. Any story that capitalizes on this love and personal experience, given Fitzgerald's skill with a pen, is bound to be powerful. Such is the case with Tender Is the Night, long touted as the most autobio...
I had seen a tv series after this book a long time ago, and that series left a good impression with me. Now, many years later, I have read the book, and I must say that it disappointed me. The story simply could not grip me and I even had some difficulty in finishing the book. The three stars I gave...
The same great qualities as with his other classics but lacking the completeness of TGG. There are still moments of profound insight and lots of great description, but it lacks the earlier novel's wholeness. I don't mean to nitpick. It's a great book.
This book is so pointless, you could read the chapters in random order and probably not feel like you'd missed much. This marks my second and final attempt to read it. I almost made it to the halfway point this time. If you loved The Great Gatsby, don't get your hopes up for this one to be anything ...
Dick Driver is a psychiatrist with a crazy, though rich wife. They travel together around France and don't seem to know what to do with themselves. Driver meets a young actress who is taken with him, but it not until five years later, that the two become involved. Neither is in love, and Driver see...
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