Tender is the Night

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Lyrical Tragedy – A story of marriage and madness and rich Americans abroad, “Tender is the Night” features Fitzgerald’s signature poetic prose – and a story with plot, plot, plot, sweeping across romantic locales: Cap d’Antibes, Paris, Switzerland, Rome. The novel is not without its problems – including its racist and homophobic passages. Plus, as Fitzgerald himself later acknowledged in correspondence, the third part of the novel could’ve, would’ve, benefited from another rewrite to shape this tragedy most lyrically.