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Tender Is the Night

American  

noun

  1. a novel (1934) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.


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When he was writing Tender Is the Night, F. Scott Fitzgerald tried to reserve a portion of each day for sober composition.

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2013

Gently, firmly, I explained that she should read "The Great Gatsby" first, and if she liked it, "Tender Is the Night."

From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012

Michelle Obama says her husband has urged Malia to read the classics, so she's reading John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," and F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night."

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2011

Keira Knightley and Matt Damon are in talks to star in a new version of Tender Is the Night, according to the Padiba blog.

From The Guardian • Apr. 21, 2010

The first hundred pages of Tender Is the Night evoke a world nearly as lyrical as Keats' vision of embalmed darkness and sunburnt mirth, and it was a world palpably created by the Murphys.

From Time Magazine Archive

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