“The Great Gatsby” (1925) – the “roaring” twenties of the last century... A time of chic parties, “prohibition” and “easy” money... These “new Americans” are confident that the heyday will be eternal, that having reached the heights of power and wealth, they will find personal happiness... So was Jay Gatsby, who became a victim of a senseless pursuit of a captivating dream of true and eternal love, which was not destined to come true... “Tender is the Night” (1934) is a largely autobiographical novel, which Fitzgerald himself called your favorite piece. This novel is the story of the difficult relationship between the young American actress Rosemary, the young talented psychiatrist Dick Diver and his wife Nicole, whose illness is the drama of Fitzgerald himself (his wife Zelda suffered from schizophrenia). This is a novel about love, passion, the desire to save a marriage, despair and self-deception, in which the appearance of an entire era can be seen behind the fate of individual characters.