Introduction

Editorial method

The "author's final version"

The drafts

Diagram of the development of Tender is the night

The reception of Tender is the night

The reputation of Tender is the night

Background

First draft. The holograph third-person draft of the Francis Melarky-matricide version

Second draft. The typescript third-person draft of the Francis Melarky-matricide version

Third draft. The holograph narrator draft of the Francis Melarky-matricide version

Fourth draft. The typescript narrator draft of the Francis Melarky-matricide version

Fifth draft. The Kelly-shipboard version

Sixth draft. The second typescript third-person draft of the Francis Melarky-matricide version

General notes for the Dick Diver version

The drunkard's holiday

Seventh draft

The drunkards holiday. First holograph draft of the Dick Diver version

Book I

Book II

Book III

Eighth draft

Doctor Diver's holiday. First typescript of the Dick Diver version

Ninth draft. Revised second transcript of Doctor Diver's holiday

Tenth draft. Carbon-copy for serial

Eleventh draft. Typescript printer's copy for serial

Twelfth draft. Galleys for serial and typescript revisions

Thirteen. Page proof for Scribner's magazine

Fourteen. Scribner's magazine

Fifteen. Tearsheets from Scribner's magazine

Sixteen. Book galleys

Seventeen. Book page-proof

The book

The text

Appendices

Appendix 1: Unlisted sections of manuscript

Appendix 2: Textual collation of serial and first six chapters of the book

Appendix 3: Structural comparison of the first edition with the "Author's final version."