Again an author who has built up a more or less established market,
and his non appearance (in book form) over a period of several
years, has stimulated interest in this first full length work since
the publication of THE GREAT GATSBY. A story of a psychiatrist, and
of his lovely wife - a marriage, on the surface ideally happy, but
eaten underneath by the insecurity of its basis, and the coils that
riches have placed around the husband. Against a background of the
Riviera, of Paris, of Switzerland and a mental sanitarium, the
drama is played out. The comparison with PRIVATE WORLDS, which is
inevitable, is not a sound one. The selling point of this book is
the story itself, the almost morbid fascination of the lurking
mystery, the deft shift of atmosphere from the gay nonchalance of
the Riviera sands, to the horrors of the tragedy in a Paris hotel,
and the final, and rather unexpected denouement. The psychological
aspects are neither so sound nor so interesting as the Bottome
book. This is for a less serious audience - though not the college
crowd that drank in his early books. Not wholly satisfactory, in
final analysis - but good reading. Headlined as the leading book on
the publisher's list and sure of a good send-off. (Kirkus Reviews)
The French Riviera in the 1920s was 'discovered' by Dick and Nicole Diver who turned it into the playground of the rich and glamorous. Among their circle is Rosemary Hoyt, the beautiful starlet, who falls in love with Dick and is enraptured by Nicole, unaware of the corruption and dark secrets that haunt their marriage. When Dick becomes entangled with Rosemary, he fractures the delicate structure of his relationship with Nicole and the lustre of their life together begins to tarnish. Tender is the Night is an exquisite novel that reflects not only Fitzgerald's own personal tragedy, but also the shattered idealism of the society in which he lived.
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