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The novel 'Tender is the Night'
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Write Around the World with Richard E Grant

The novel 'Tender is the Night' was inspired byFitzgerald's time here, and it brilliantly...

The novel 'Tender is the Night' was inspired by
Fitzgerald's time here, and it brilliantly captures
the hedonism of the years following the First World War, where champagne flowed,
parties were legendary, and the setting
perfectly seductive

Full Transcript

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The novel 'Tender is the Night'
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was inspired by Fitzgerald's time here,
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and it brilliantly captures the hedonism of the years
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following the First World War,
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where champagne flowed, parties were legendary,
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and the setting perfectly seductive.
Duration
17 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:26:37
Uploaded
May 22, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary
Production
Storyvault Films

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Movie Summary

Richard E Grant packs his clothes and a bag of books and travels to the locations authors have fictionalised to gain a sense of the places that inspired their novels.
S01 • E01 Naples had been heavily bombed during the Second World War. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Naples had been heavily bombed during the Second World War.
S01 • E03 And so we've pared things down to, yeah, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
And so we've pared things down to, yeah,
S01 • E01 When Lewis was posted here in 1944 - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:18
When Lewis was posted here in 1944
S01 • E03 Richard narrates: While there's no danger - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
Richard narrates: While there's no danger
S01 • E02 [American accent] "Noon dominated sea and sky. - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
[American accent] "Noon dominated sea and sky.
S01 • E02 "Even the white line of Cannes five miles off - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"Even the white line of Cannes five miles off
S01 • E01 'Naples '44' is Norman Lewis's brilliant record - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:16
'Naples '44' is Norman Lewis's brilliant...
S01 • E02 "A robin-breasted sailing boat pulled in, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
"A robin-breasted sailing boat pulled in,
S01 • E03 Full of the warmth, humour and wisdom - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:04
Full of the warmth, humour and wisdom
S01 • E02 "It seemed that there was no life anywhere - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:20
"It seemed that there was no life anywhere
S01 • E03 And for me, his books really enhance understanding - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
And for me, his books really enhance understanding
S01 • E01 While he encountered grinding poverty, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:14
While he encountered grinding poverty,
S01 • E03 It's like visiting an oasis where two people - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
It's like visiting an oasis where two people
S01 • E01 "A year among the Italians has converted me - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:28
"A year among the Italians has converted me
S01 • E02 ..the wealthy and glamorous patient Nicole, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:08
..the wealthy and glamorous patient Nicole,
S01 • E02 As Zelda's mental health declined, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:07
As Zelda's mental health declined,
S01 • E03 100 years ago, the great American writer - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:09
100 years ago, the great American writer
S01 • E02 The book begins with the description - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:05
The book begins with the description
S01 • E02 It's where Rosemary Hoyt, a young American starlet, - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:06
It's where Rosemary Hoyt, a young American starlet,
S01 • E03 About 135 miles west of Chris's remote idyll - Write Around the World with Richard E Grant 00:11
About 135 miles west of Chris's remote idyll