Tender Is the Night

Set against the dazzling backdrop of the French Riviera in the 1920s, Tender Is the Night follows the lives of Dick and Nicole Diver, a glamorous American couple whose seemingly perfect world slowly unravels. Dick, a talented psychiatrist, becomes entangled in a complex emotional and professional relationship with Nicole, his wealthy patient turned wife. As their marriage deteriorates under the weight of mental illness, jealousy, and shifting power dynamics, the novel explores themes of love, ambition, identity, and moral decline. With lyrical prose and psychological depth, Fitzgerald presents a poignant portrait of the Jazz Age’s fading glitter and the fragility of human relationships.