"The Night is Tender" by Francis Scott Fitzgerald is a novel divided into three "books". In the first part, the action takes place on the French Riviera in the 1920s and introduces the reader to the main characters through the prism of their seemingly ideal lives . My notes. The plot Young Hollywood actress Rosemary Hoyt arrives at the resort and falls under the spell of a brilliant couple — Dick Diver, a talented American psychiatrist, and his wife Nicole Warren, the heiress of a huge fortune. Dick and Nicole embody glamour, generosity and intelligence, and their villa becomes the center of social life. However, behind the facade of luxury, there are disturbing notes: Nicole suffers from mental disorders related to trauma from the past, and Dick, being her doctor and husband, is gradually losing himself, trying to maintain the illusion of stability. Rosemary falls in love with Dick, and becomes an unwitting witness to the growing contradictions in their relation...