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Tender Is the Night (1962): Film vs Book
Film · 1962 · Directed by Henry King · Starring Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards
About the film
A young doctor falls for a beautiful, fragile patient and finds that marriage to wealth brings its own problems.
How close is it to the book?
Loosely based on the bookThe film simplifies the novel's shifting time order and tells it in a straight line, losing some of the story's sadness.
Read or watch first?
The book's jazz-age atmosphere is much richer.
What the book gives you
Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Gorgeous prose and a glittering Riviera setting that make a story of love and ambition shine.
Who will like it: Readers who love glamorous settings and stories of love and illusion.