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TENDER IS THE NIGHT
by Fitzgerald, F. Scott
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: The Grey Walls Press Limited, 1948. Second English Edition. Second UK edition of Fitzgerald's fourth novel, with a newly-designed dustjacket by George Woodman. Basis for Henry King's 1962 film adaptation, starring Jason Robards, Jennifer Joans, and Joan Fontaine. Bruccoli A14.4; Connolly 100. Octavo (19cm); light gray cloth-covered boards, with titles stamped in gilt on spine; dustjacket; [6],7-278,[2]pp. Light wear to spine ends, upper corners gently tapped (though still sharp), with a sprinkling of foxing to text edges, and tasteful previous owners label to front endpaper; Very Good+. Dustjacket is unclipped (priced 8s. 6d. net), gently spine-sunned, lightly edgeworn, and a little dusty, with two thin strips of offsetting on verso from an old-style jacket protector; Very Good+.
Synopsis
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
- Captain Ahab's Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4972
- Title
- TENDER IS THE NIGHT
- Author
- Fitzgerald, F. Scott
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second English Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Grey Walls Press Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1948
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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