Tender is the Night (The Complete Fitzgerald's Collection - Alma Classics): Scott F. Fitzgerald (The F. Scott Fitzgerald Collection)

by F . Scott Fitzgerald (Author), ScottF.Fitzgerald (Author)

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2012
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While holidaying at a villa on the French Riviera, Dick and Nicole Diver, a wealthy American couple, meet the young film star Rosemary Hoyt. Her arrival causes a stir in their social circle and exposes the cracks in their fragile marriage. As their relationship unravels, glimpses of their troubled past emerge, and a series of disturbing events unfolds. Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers, Tender Is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment.

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While holidaying at a villa on the French Riviera, Dick and Nicole Diver, a wealthy American couple, meet the young film star Rosemary Hoyt. Her arrival causes a stir in their social circle and exposes the cracks in their fragile marriage. As their relationship unravels, glimpses of their troubled past emerge, and a series of disturbing events unfolds. Peopled by an unforgettable cast of aristocrats and high-fliers, Tender Is the Night is at once a scathing critique of the materialism and hypocrisy of the Roaring Twenties and a poignant and sensitive account of personal tragedy and disillusionment.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: 1
Publisher: Alma Classics
Published: 17 Aug 2012
ISBN 10: 1847492592
ISBN 13: 9781847492593

Media Reviews

Gatsby was a tour de force, but this is a confession of faith. -- Fitzgerald comment on Tender is the Night
He was better than he knew, for in fact and in the literary sense he invented a generation. * The New York Times *

Author Bio

Considered one of the finest American writers of the twentieth century, F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) was the author of various novels and short stories chronicling life in the US during the Roaring Twenties.