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Description
Published in 1934, Tender Is the Night was one of the most talked-about books of the year. "It's amazing how excellent much of it is," Ernest Hemingway said to Maxwell Perkins. "I will say now," John O'Hara wrote Fitzgerald, "Tender Is the Night is in the early stages of being my... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Dick Diver: American, psychiatrist
- Nicole Diver: Dick's wife, mental patient
- Rosemary Hoyt: 18-year old actress
- Abe North: friend of the Divers'
- Mary North: Abe's wife
- Violet McKisco: friend of the Divers'
Memorable Quotes
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“The moment when the guests had been daringly lifted above conviviality into the rarer atmosphere of sentiment, was over before it could be irreverently breathed, before they had half realized it was there.”
Rosemary on the party -
“He tried breaking into other dialogues, but it was like continually shaking hands with a glove from which the hand had been withdrawn.”
Abe McKisco
First Sentence
On the pleasant shore of the French Riviera, about half way between Marseilles and the Italian border, stands a large, proud, rose-colored hotel.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (Author)
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