Podcasts that mention 📚 Tender is the Night by Francis Scott Fitzgerald

um so i think the first one that stands out to me is um 10 it's a novel um tender is the knight by fitzgerald and i i read it when i was much younger but i went back and read it recently and it's not that good so i'm not sure why it has like such an important place um in my literary history but um i love fitzgerald as an author because he's very he's very like flowery prose um that i can just picture what he's saying but he does it in a such a creative way i remember that one in particular because it you know i read a ton as a kid too but it kind of set me it was like the beginning of my adult reading life and um getting into classics and um i kind of i do feel like i they seem intimidating maybe and then i realize that they're all just like love stories

Natalya mentions this novel by Fitzgerald as the first book that stands out to her, marking the beginning of her adult reading life and getting into classics.

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That it wasn't successful at first, so he and his editor straightened out something, I guess, I don't know which version I have. But I think what's unusual is that in the original 'Tender Is the Night,' there's a huge flashback in the middle of it that goes back and tells the story of Nicole and Dick Diver.

The discussion revolves around the book 'Tender Is the Night,' focusing on its initial lack of success and the unique structure involving a significant flashback that explores the characters Nicole and Dick Diver.

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