F. Scott Fitzgerald was part of a group of writers known as the “Lost Generation.” Research the origin of that term and the writers who were included. What did the writers have in common with one another? What made them “lost?”
Tender Is the Night was published in 1934, nine years after Fitzgerald’s previous book, The Great Gatsby, was published. Research some of the events that transpired in the United States and Europe in those nine years. What effects did those changes have on the critical reception of Tender Is the Night? Do you think readers...
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