The Great Gatsby

Name: The Great Gatsby
Brand: Findaway Voices
Availability: InStock
Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9781664936669

Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrator: Jim D. Johnston

Unabridged: 4 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Golden Acorn Media

Published: 01/18/2021

Categories: Fiction, Classic

Synopsis

If you read The Great Gatsby back during your high school days or you've never had the chance to dive into this timeless, it is time to add one of the greatest novels ever written to your library.The Great Gatsby beautifully portrays the life during the Jazz Age, the time when “gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession,” as The New York Times explains. This classic is an exquisitely crafted tale about the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsbu and his love for the gorgeous Daisy Buchanan.The Great Gatsby is one of the most educational and motivational works ever written. It is a great example of how failure can breed success. After all, Jay Gatsby is the perfect example of a self-made man who managed to succeed in life. The Great Gatsby is full of hidden messages and beautiful language. Download your copy now!

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1896. He attended Princeton University, joined the United States Army during World War I, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre and for the next decade the couple lived in New York, Paris, and on the Riviera. Fitzgerald's masterpieces include The Beautiful and the Damned, The Great Gatsby, and Tender Is the Night. He died at the age of forty-four while working on The Last Tycoon. Fitzgerald's fiction has secured his reputation as one of the most important American writers of the twentieth century.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sean Barrs on September 16, 2021

This is a good book, though it is so ridiculously overrated. There are so many great books out there that will never get the attention they deserve. They will be forgotten and their wisdom heard by only a select few who are willing to go looking for it. So it annoys me when books like this are accla......more

Goodreads review by Alex on March 10, 2008

The Great Gatsby is your neighbor you're best friends with until you find out he's a drug dealer. It charms you with some of the most elegant English prose ever published, making it difficult to discuss the novel without the urge to stammer awestruck about its beauty. It would be evidence enough to......more

Goodreads review by Lisa of Troy on December 23, 2024

Fitzgerald, you have ruined me. Fitzgerald can set a scene so perfectly, flawlessly. He paints a world of magic and introduces one of the greatest characters of all time, Jay Gatsby. Gatsby is the embodiment of hope, and no one can dissuade him from his dreams. Have you ever had a dream that carried......more

Goodreads review by Kemper on May 25, 2010

Jay Gatsby, you poor doomed bastard. You were ahead of your time. If you would have pulled your scam after the invention of reality TV, you would have been a huge star on a show like The Bachelor and a dozen shameless Daisy-types would have thrown themselves at you. Mass media and modern fame would......more

Goodreads review by emma on April 11, 2025

once upon a time, i had a very long, very passionate review of this book uploaded, with very long, very passionate pages of comments, and generally it was one of my favorite reviews (and of one of my favorite books) with one of my favorite ensuing discussions. today i realized goodreads deleted it! re......more