anthology
“I want to give a really BAD party. I mean it. I want to give a party
where there’s a brawl and seductions and people going home with their feelings
hurt and women passed out in the cabinet de toilette. You wait and see.”
“It is not necessarily poverty of spirit that makes a woman surround
herself with life—it can be a superabundance of interest...”
If you ever want to get completely messed up about love and men, try reading some Fitzgerald or Hemingway. F. Scott Fitzgerald does not disappoint in the screwed up love category for Tender is the Night. All the characters are maddening and make you question love and trust in another person. The real reason you should read Tender is the Night though is the same reason you should read all of Fitzgerald's stories, because the world he creates is so inexplicably elegant and glamorous that it makes you want to be a part of it even if you have to deal with imperfection in love.
While in the French Riviera, Hollywood actress Rosemary Hoyt meets the alluring Dick and Nicole Diver, a couple famous for their extravagance and hospitality. The story begins by following Rosemary as she falls in love with Dick and befriends Nicole. It then characterizes the story of how Dick and Nicole fell in love and the circumstances that brought them together. And then it's basically all down hill from there. But you should still read it.
