1925. In the summer heat of the French Riviera, 18-year-old movie-star Rosemary meets Dick Diver.
'Tender is the Night' is based upon the author's unhappy marriage, and was written as he was experiencing the tragedies of his wife's nervous breakdown and his own decline.
Tender Is the Night (1934), tells the story of the rise and fall of Dick Diver, a promising young psychoanalyst, and his wife, Nicole, who is also one of his patients.
Tender is the Night: Essays in Criticism
In this exquisite, lyrical novel, Fitzgerald has poured much of the essence of his own life; he has also depicted the age of materialism, shattered idealism and broken dreams.
F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote in a friend's copy of Tender Is the Night, "If you liked The Great Gatsby, for God's sake read this. Gatsby was a tour de force but this is a confession of faith.
This, Scott Fitzgerald`s most personal work, is based upon the author`s unhappy marriage. It tells the tale of Dick Diver`s life with Nicole, of their opulent lifestyle, infidelities and dangerous friendships.