Tender is the night
Language: English
Classics Europe Fiction General General & Literary Fiction Interpersonal conflict Literary Literature & Fiction Literature: Classics Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Psychiatrists Psychological Riviera (France) Romance wealth
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Published: Apr 7, 1994
Description:
EDITORIAL REVIEW: With an Introduction and Notes by Henry Claridge, Senior Lecturer, School of English, University of Kent at Canterbury Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the "Roaring Twenties". A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Diver's troubled marriage and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth which springs from the quality of F. Scott Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal experiences on which the book is based.