Tender-is-the-night(夜色温柔)

Tenderisthenight----F.ScottFitzgeraldF.ScottFitzgerald•Born:FrancisScottKeyFitzgeraldSeptember24,1896St.Paul,Minnesota,UnitedStates•Died:December21,1940(aged44)Hollywood,LosAngeles,California,UnitedStates•Occupation:novelist,shortstorywriter,poet•Nationality:American•Period1920–40•Genres:Modernism•Literarymovement:LostGeneration•SignatureAuthor•FrancisScottKeyFitzgerald•HewasanAmericanauthorofnovelsandshortstories,whoseworksaretheparadigmwritingsoftheJazzAge,atermhecoinedhimself.HeiswidelyregardedasoneofthegreatestAmericanwritersofthe20thcentury.•FitzgeraldisconsideredamemberoftheLostGenerationofthe1920s.Hefinishedfournovels:ThisSideofParadise,TheBeautifulandDamned,TenderIstheNight,andhismostfamous,TheGreatGatsby.Afifth,unfinishednovel,TheLoveoftheLastTycoon,waspublishedposthumously.Fitzgeraldalsowrotemanyshortstoriesthattreatthemesofyouthandpromisealongwithdespairandage.Introduction•It’shardtotalkaboutTenderistheNightwithouttalkingaboutitsauthor,hiswifeZelda,andthefamouspeopletheyknew,likePabloPicassoandErnestHemmingway,tonameafew.FitzgeraldofficiallybeganworkonTenderin1925.Heagonizedoveritandreviseditcontinuouslyevenafterits1933publication.In1930Zeldawasadmittedtoapsychiatricclinicfortreatmentofschizophrenia.ScottfinishedthenovelwhileZeldawasstillunderpsychiatriccare,andthenovelreflectstheanguishofFitzgerald’sexperiencewithhermentalhealth.•Thisbookisahelpfulreminderthatonecanseemtohaveitall—afamily,successfulcareer,materialcomfort—andyetnotreallyhaveastinkin'thing.Ifyourrelationshipgoessouth,theneverythinggoessouth.That'sexactlywhathappenstoDickandNicoleinthisbook,bothofwhomareunabletomaketheirmarriagework,despitehavingalotofotherstuffgoingforthem.(Really,ifwehadahousenearCanneswe'dworkprettyhardtokeepittogether.)•Allthewhilethey'reflittingaroundFranceandkickinguptheirheelsatcocktailparties,theirmarriageisunraveling.Andwho'stoblame?Well,it'sclearthatbotharetroubledpeople—Dick'sanalcoholicandNicoleismentallyunstable—butthebiggestproblemisthattheygoelsewhere,andtootherpeople,tosolvetheirproblems.Byseekinghappinessoutsideoftheirmarriage,they'redoomingthewonderfulworldtheyseemtohavecreatedtogether.Content•STARTBookOnebeginsinJuneof1925,atabeachfronthotelontheFrenchRiviera,nearthecityofCannes.RosemaryHoyt,aseventeen-year-oldstarofthepopularfilmDaddy’sGirlandhermother,ElsieSpeers,areonvacation.Soonaftertheyarriveatthehotel,Rosemaryhitsthebeach,lookingforattentionandlookingforlove.ShefindsbothrightawayintheformofDickDiver,34,whoseemstobeplayingthestarringroleinhisownbeachsidedrama.SupportingcastmembersarehiswifeNicole,23,theiryoungkids,TopsyandLanier,andtheDivers’veryfashionablefriends.NicolecantellrightawaythatRosemaryisafterherman.•PARTYTheDiversinviteRosemarytopartywiththeminParisandsheaccepts.Whilethere,shetriestogetDickinthesackseveraltimes,butherefuses,eventhoughhe’sfallinginlovewithher.HisloveforNicoleisdeeper,though,andhe’safraidthatNicolewillbehurt.ThereissomeindicationthatNicoleisirritatedbyDick’sfriendshipwithRosemary,butsheisbasicallynicetothegirl.Rosemaryturnseighteenandhasherfirstglassofchampagne.ShealsotriestosleepwithDick.DickDiver•InBookTwowegobackintimeandmeettheyoungDickDiver.Heisabrilliantanddrivenyoungman.At28hehasapsychiatrydegree,abookintheworks,hasbeenfullydischargedfromthemilitary,andis,byallaccounts,apromisingyoungman.It’sthespringof1919andhe’sheadedtoaSwisspsychiatricclinictomeethisfriendFranzGregarovius,adoctorwhoworksthere.Andhewantstoseeayounglady,apatientwhoinitiatedcorrespondencewithhimaftertheymetaboutayearago.Nicole•WhilewaitingtohearherstoryfromFranz,Dickremembersthelettersshehaswrittentohim,talkingabouthermentalproblemsandflirtingwithhim.WelearnthatthegirlisNicole(bigsurprise).ThenFranztellsDickherstory.Shewashavingmentalproblemsandwasbroughttotheclinicbyherfather,DevereuxWarren,whenshewassixteen.Nicoleisdiagnosedwithschizophrenia(精神分裂症)andherdoctor,DoctorDohmler,thinksithassomethingtodowithDevereux.Whenconfronted,DevereuxadmitsthatherapedNicolewhenshewastwelveyearsoldafterhermother’sdeath.DevereuxisorderedtostayawayfromherforfiveyearsandNicoleisacceptedasapatient.SinceshetookupcorrespondencewithDick,sheseemstobedoingmuchbetterTheirlove•Afterhearingthestory,DickgoestomeetNicoleandsheflirtswithhimbuthetriestoresisther.Aweeklaterhecomesbackandshemakesitevenclearerthatshe’sinlovewithhimandthatsheattributesherimprovedmentalhealthtotheirrelationship.Hecontinuestoresisther.Whenheseesheragainhetriestogethertounderstandthathe’snotthereasonshehasgottenbetter.However,hisfeelingsforNicolegrowstronger.Dr.DohmlertellsDickheshouldnotpursuearelationshipwithher.Dickdoesn’tthinkthisisfairtoNicole,buthemakesnoplanstobewithher.But,whenherunsintoherlaterthatsummer,hefallsforhercompletely.However,herverywealthyandprotectivesister,BabyWarren,isn’tsureabouthim.•Next,welearnthatNicoleandDickgetmarried,thathecontinuespracticinginSwitzerlandandthathepublishesabookonpsychiatrythatdoeswell.Nicolegivesbirthtoason,Lanier,andtheytravelalot.Nicolehasabadrelapsewhenherdaughter,Topsy,isborn.Wealsogetsomedetail