F. Scott Fitzgerald - Tender Is the Night

Pros: elegant, witty writing; characterization; story
Cons: slow, uneventful beginning; challenge reading (French and German often untranslated)

Author’s Note—I resented reading this 315-page book at first, dying to read another classic, but it grew on me more when I checked out the plot synopsis on the back cover and the perspective changed to the main character in Book 2. It floundered ...

Pros: A deeper, more heartfelt story than The Great Gatsby.
Cons: Messy plot; an uncomfortable look at the author's own life.

Has F. Scott Fitzgerald transported Jay Gatsby to the south of France? It seems that way at the beginning of Tender is the Night.

It is 1924. Dick Diver, a talented American psychiatrist, has invited one and all to his mansion in the...

Pros: The writer of the Jazz Age, once that age was over
Cons: Sometimes it is a little discordant

F. Scott Fitzgerald, a key member of the Lost Generation, retells the fall of hope personified in his Tender is the Night. Destined for greatness, Fitzgerald’s Dick Diver lives and breathes as the paragon of an anti-hero. The torment of Fitzgerald’s...

Pros: a gripping, interesting masterpiece
Cons: sometimes a little boring due to its length

The following is a paper that I wrote for my English class in Germany. I know it's much but I also believe that it's very informative due to the detailed descriptions. Have fun reading it!

The Author:

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in...

Pros: Deep, intense, interesting
Cons: Difficult reading, takes effort to understand

Tender is the Night is a complicated book by F. Scott Fitzgerald that describes the wealthy lifestyle and the effects of it upon its characters. This book is difficult to get through, and the phrases and wording are not modern (since it was written a ...

Pros: Beautifully Written, Sharp Plot
Cons: Depressing

Although not as popular as The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender is the Night is another literary masterpiece from one of America's greatest writers. Set in Europe during the 1920's, Tender is the night tells the story of...

Pros: fascinating and deep
Cons: easily underestimated--read carefully

Examination of others forms the basis of the relationships between the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s "Tender Is The Night." The people who populate the novel are driven to watch the other characters, be watched, and consciously set forth...