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Cover of Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Tender is the Night: Audiobook

The Tender is the Night audiobook runs an estimated 10.4 hours (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4est. listening hrs
3.9★20 ratings
Romancegenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Tender is the Night at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 73% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 25% longer than the average romance audiobook (8.3 hrs across 3596 titles in our dataset).

Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for romance listeners who want a central love story and psychological twists: a solid week of commutes at 10.4 hours (estimated).

About the book

Published in 1934, Tender Is the Night was one of the most talked-about books of the year. "It's amazing how excellent much of it is," Ernest Hemingway said to Maxwell Perkins. "I will say now," John O'Hara wrote Fitzgerald, " Tender Is the Night is in the early stages of being my favorite book, even more than This Side of Paradise ." And Archibald MacLeish exclaimed: "Great God, Scott...You are a fine writer. Believe it - not me." Set on the French Riviera in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick's harrowing demise.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Tender is the Night audiobook?

Tender is the Night runs about 10.4 hours, our estimate from its 352 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.

Is the Tender is the Night audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Is Tender is the Night worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.5 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was Tender is the Night first published?

Tender is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald was first published in 1933.