- Taschenbuch: 320 Seiten
- Verlag: Wordsworth; Auflage: New edition (1994)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1853260975
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 19,6 x 12,6 x 2 cm
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Set in the hedonistic society of the 'Roaring Twenties,' the novel chronicles the tale of a wealthy mental patient, Nicole Warren, and her marriage to her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the troubled marriage and their circle of friends highlights the perception of problems inherent in great wealth.
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This book is 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 cataloging 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.
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We meet Dick Diver en route to Dohmler's mental clinic in Zurich, where he used to work as a psychologist and now only visits. The reader learns that Dick and Nicole - the two forthcoming main-characters of the novel - met months before. Nicole Warren, who is a patient in Dohmler's clinic has been writing letters to Dick and both somehow got very fond of eachother. For Dick on one hand Nicole becomes a case study, on the other he falls deeply in love with her. They marry, Nicole gives birth to a girl (Topsy), her state of mind seems to brighten up and they move to the French Riviera. The Divers in fact form the high society of Cannes, always surrounded by their friends: the McKiscos, the Norths and a few other American tourists, by whom Rosemary Speers, a rising young star from Hollywood, and her mother are introduced to Dick an Nicole. From the first moment they meet, Rosemary is completely infatuated with Dick and after some time of resisting the temptation he also falls in love with her. The Norths, the Divers and Rosemary decide to spend a few days in Paris, where Dick feels that the tension between him and Nicole is growing and finally confesses his love to Rosemary. After two people getting murdered right in front of them, the group leaves the city. The Divers go back to the Riviera with the Norths and Rosemary to Italy to shoot a new movie. Due to Dick neglecting her and to all the chaos they had to live through the past weeks, Nicole is getting very unstable again. Dick does not want to take this responsibility anymore and opens a new clinic with a friend in Lausanne. His alibi is to be better able to care for Nicole. But this is also too much for him, so that during a long break from work he travels through Europe. On his voyage he learns of Mr. North having been killed and also his father's death. He is so confused, that he decides to visit Rosemary in Naples, after not having seen her for 3 years. Their relationship now seems strangely distant, but they are still fond of eachother. Back in Cannes Dick frustrates and flees into the high-society, which lets him meet an earlier acquaintance again: the Frenchman Tommy Barban, who has always shown interest in Nicole and because of whom she later divorces Dick for. He, in fact, has anticipated all of this and when also the relationship to Rosemary turns out to be a failure he decides to be a better father for Topsy from now on and moves back to the United States to practice general medicine.
I chose to work with this book, because an excerpt of it was given to us in one of our exams. Right away I thought the book would be interesting to read, due to the different languages that are used and also due to the big drama and strange constellation of people that I could find in even such a small piece of a 500 page book. Actually those 500 pages were, what shocked me at first, but once one starts reading Tender is the Night one realizes that it is never really boring. So many different, weird people with so many problems, so many interesting relations, affairs and feelings between them, so many different places, so many emotions and such a complicated, but still easily understandable and interesting plot make the novel absolutely worth reading. Fitzgerald's style is demanding but easy to read and even with not knowing every single word, the storyline still remains clear and gripping. In the end one feels like one really knows what is happening inside the characters and why they act how they do - a fact that is sometimes missing in other novels.
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This book was the book written right after the famous of Fitzgerald's writings, The Great Gatsby. Tender Is the Night took him six years to write and it was very close to his heart since some scholars believe that this book represented his down fall after his wife Zelda died. Also, many have stated that this is second best book, but I will say otherwise and call it his best book which he wrote.
This book will seem very boring at the beginning because the main character, Dick Drive will not appear until the end of the second chapter, and will also talk about certain "plots" or other games which are not relevant to the story. Nevertheless, the plot will start to build when Rosemary starts to fall in love with Dick and the point where the story starts to cook with gas is at the Driver's party.
Throughout the book, there are points that will leave you in suspense, and will also get you to motivate you to read more into the story to see what happens. One example is why did Dick marry Nicole. Though the story, their marriage has a facade over it, when they are around a crowd, they act with love and is flawless, yet when they are by themselves, it is a whole different world. They act very unfriendly, the couple do not really talk to each other or get into arguments. The Driver's marriage is not strong, and the weakness will lead up to chaos and the conclusion of the book.
Also, in the book many subplots will make the book even more suspenseful to read. The subplots I believe are what keep you going in this book because it will show that true life is not just one problem (like having an affair) there are many. Some include, what happened in the restroom, why is Mr. North hiding, and the overall one, how did Dick and Nicole get married. When they are first introduced into the book, they do not give the answer right away, you must read and continue reading the solution to the subplot, and then will lead you to the main one.
Finally, I really found this book to be a great one. The main characters are great, the story plot is good, but the only bad item is how it would throw me off the track when another problem arrived. The effort of the six years that Fitzgerald actually paid off, although he was not as successful with this book.
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I read "Gatsby" and was awed by Fitzgerald's ability to both describe the 1920's and to draw his readers into that postwar period. His characters felt real to me. So, I couldn't wait to read Tender is the Night. "Tender" seems to reveal more about Fitzgerald personal pain than anything else. His novel elaborately blames Nicole for Dick's emotional decay. To me, this story line just doesn't bear close scrutiny. Dick's behavior is controlling,habitually deceitful and at times misogynistic. Time after time Dick control's Nicole's actions and refuses to allow her to even discuss her viewpoint. Nicole's behavior is unbalanced but is it schizophrenic?
It's very revealing that a 28 year old man would fall in love with a 16 year old girl. Later, when Nicole has grown up a bit, Dick falls in and out of love with Rosemary, a very child-like 18 year old.
Granted, women's rights were along way off in 1925 the year Fitzgerald began writing Tender is the Night, but Dick seems more in charge of Nicole's life than seems warranted by either the prevailing culture or by Nicole's illness.
I'd say that Fitzgerald unconsciously revealed his own role in his decaying marriage and like most folks tried to point the finger elsewhere.
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"First the Morale Goes, then the Manners."
Tender Is the Night is one of the most interesting examples in 20th century fiction of reversing the usual social metaphors. Dr. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. August 2007 von Donald Mitchell
Erschreckende Selbsterkenntnis
Es ist bewegend, wie intensiv und unbarmherzig sich Francis Scott Fitzgerald in diesem Werk mit seinem eigenen Schicksal auseinandersetzt. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Dezember 2000 von svenbuerkner@gmx.de
No "Gatsby"
Fitzgerald's writing style is brilliant in places here, and I found it fascinating to see how he built up some of the novel's themes -- especially that of wealthy American tourists... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 13. April 2000 von William
a case study of the author himself
very few authors touch me in the way fitzerald does. most of his works usually include disclaimers pointing out his errors in location and spelling. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. April 2000 von "gcfuss"
a case study of the author himself
very few authors touch me in the way fitzerald does. most of his works usually include disclaimers pointing out his errors in location and spelling. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. April 2000 von "gcfuss"
a case study of the author himself
very few authors touch me in the way fitzerald does. most of his works usually include disclaimers pointing out his errors in location and spelling. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 12. April 2000 von "gcfuss"
Complex, interesting, and enchanting-- a must read!
Fitzgerald is one of the most interesting authors ever, and you will enjoy how his real life parallels the characters in this book. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 25. März 2000 von "reaganb"
Fitzgerald's best
No matter what the pundits say give this book a chance, and you'll find it to be Fitzgerald's best. The Great Gatsby may be more elegantly written but Tender Is The Night packs a... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 30. Dezember 1999 von Eric I. Kim
Enjoyable, but not Fitzgerald's best
I enjoyed this novel very much, but it's not as good as "The Great Gatsby" or "The Beautiful and Damned" I thoroughly enjoyed the storyline of Dick Diver and... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Good, but not what I expected.
Fitzgerald has an amazing style of writing. Afer a few short stories and Gatsby, I thought I'd love Tender is the Night. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 21. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
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