Ware, Hertfordshire, England: Wordsworth Editions. Very Good+. 1994. Reprint; First Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB . Minor shelf wear. ; Nice tight copy, no names or marks inside, appears unread. Cover artwork Dans le Boudoir by Delphin Enjolras. ; 352 pages; Story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the Roaring Twenties. Wealthy socialite, Nicole Warren, falls in love with her psychiatrist, Dick Diver. The resulting saga of the Divers' 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. .

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Tender is the Night was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s first novel in nine years (since The Great Gatsby in 1925) and his fourth and final to complete. The generally autobiographical work reflects events surrounding the hospitalization of Fitzgerald’s schizophrenic wife, Zelda, and his own unrelenting alcoholism. Tender is the Night was published in four issues of Scribner's Magazine (January — April) until Charles Scribner’s Sons produced the first novel edition in April 1934. The novel, whose title comes from John Keats’ “Ode to a Nightingale,” has two versions in print: the original, which uses flashbacks in the narrative, and the second, revised version, published posthumously by Malcolm Cowley, in which the storyline is restructured so that events take place chronologically. Some have suggested that this particular revision was in reaction to critics of the original. Tender is the Night sold only 12,000 copies in its first three months compared to Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise, which sold over 50,000 in a similar time period. Still, reception for Tender is the Night steadily grew over time. Today, it is ranked 28th on the Modern Library’s list of the “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century as well as 69th on NPR’s “100 Years, 100 Novels, One List.”

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Bookseller: Books in Bulgaria (BG)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 23061
Title: Tender Is The Night
Author: Fitzgerald, F. Scott
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Edition: Reprint; First Printing
ISBN 10: 1853260975
ISBN 13: 9781853260971
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Place of Publication: Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Date Published: 1994
Keywords: Mass Market PB
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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