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Mar 25, 2019lukasevansherman rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
"Well, you never knew exactly how much space you occupied in people's lives." While "Tender is the Night," which was his last published novel in 1934, is not quite the equal of "The Great Gatsby" ("What is?"), it meant a great deal to Fitzgerald and some critics value it about "Gatsby." Set in the French Riviera in the 1920s (It's hardly a "period piece," as another commentator contends.), the couple at the heart of the novel is based both on Scott and Zelda's tumultuous relationship, as well as that of their friends Sara and Gerald Murphy, to whom the book is dedicated. It's Fitzgerald's most personal, deeply felt, and moving novel. The title comes from a Keats poem. "If you liked "The Great Gatsby," for God's sake read this. "Gatsby" was a tour de four, but "Tender is the Night" is a confession of faith."-Fitzgerald.