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Tender is the Night

Book • 1934
Tender Is the Night is a novel that delves into the intense and complicated relationship between Dick and Nicole Diver, an American couple living in the South of France, and Rosemary Hoyt, a young actress.

The story explores themes of social class, codependent love, and mental illness, reflecting the excesses and disillusionments of the Jazz Age. Dick, a brilliant psychiatrist, marries Nicole, a wealthy and mentally unstable patient, and their relationship is complicated by Dick's infatuation with Rosemary.

The novel critiques the superficiality and moral decay of the wealthy elite and is heavily influenced by Fitzgerald's own life, particularly his relationship with his wife Zelda, who struggled with mental illness.

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Mentioned in 6 episodes

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A.O. Scott
as his favorite of Fitzgerald’s novels.
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Francis Ford Coppola
as a book he is currently reading.
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Ryan Holiday
in the context of overcoming writer's block.
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Mary Steenburgen
as a famous novel.
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Peter Hitchens
, expressing his difficulty in finishing 'Tender Is the Night'.
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Natalya Bailey
as a novel that impacted her early reading life and love for classics.
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Titus Techera
as his favorite 20th-century novel and a better novel than *The Great Gatsby*.
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A.O. Scott
as Fitzgerald's masterpiece.
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Helen Fielding
in relation to the success of his books.
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Liz Daugherty
in the introduction, highlighting its influence on the book "Sweet Fury"
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