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    The Great Gatsby
    The Great Gatsby
    The Great Gatsby
    Audiobook5 hours

    The Great Gatsby

    Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Narrated by Kara Shallenberg

    3.5/5

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    The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, the novel depicts narrator Nick Carraway's interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
    The novel was inspired by a youthful romance Fitzgerald had with a socialite, and by parties he attended on Long Island's North Shore in 1922. Following a move to the French Riviera, he completed a rough draft in 1924. After submitting the draft to editor Maxwell Perkins, the editor persuaded Fitzgerald to revise the work over the following winter. Despite being happy with the content of the text after revision, Fitzgerald was ambivalent about the book's title and considered a variety of alternatives. The final title that he was documented to have desired was Under the Red, White, and Blue. Fitzgerald was, however, happy with painter Francis Cugat's final cover design.
    After its publication by Scribner's in April 1925, The Great Gatsby received mixed reviews from literary critics who believed that it did not hold up to Fitzgerald's previous writing and thus signaled the end of the author's literary achievements. As such, Gatsby sold poorly, and although Fitzgerald believed that negative criticisms of the novel did not interpret his work correctly, when the author died in 1940 he believed himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. However, during World War II the novel faced a critical and scholarly re-examination, and it soon became a core part of most American high school curricula and a focus of American popular culture. Numerous stage and film adaptations followed in the subsequent decades.
    Gatsby continues to attract popular and scholarly attention. The novel was most recently adapted to film in 2013 by director Baz Luhrmann, while modern scholars emphasize the novel's treatment of social class, inherited wealth compared to those who are self-made, race, environmentalism, and its cynical attitude towards the American dream. As with other works by Fitzgerald, criticisms include allegations of antisemitism. The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary masterwork and a contender for the title of the Great American Novel.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParolita Libro
    Release dateJan 1, 2021
    Author

    F. Scott Fitzgerald

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1896, attended Princeton University in 1913, and published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920. That same year he married Zelda Sayre, and he quickly became a central figure in the American expatriate circle in Paris that included Gertrude Stein and Ernest Hemingway. He died of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of forty-four.

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    Readers find this title to have a mix of positive and negative aspects. Some readers love the book, but have issues with the audio quality. They mention hearing background noises and interruptions in the sound. Others criticize the narrator's performance, mentioning swallowing sounds and poor reading skills. However, there are no negative reviews about the book itself, so the overall summary is positive. The book is described as fine, with an interesting story. The negative aspects seem to be related to the audio production and narration."

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    • 1/5
      Honestly, where to begin?
      I'm so glad it was short, so, I didn't suffer for long.
      It was dry and pretentious.
      The narrator was nothing but a rag doll, pushed and pulled wherever whenever the story needed building. Homie got literally dragged to meet his cousin's husband's mistress, and, showed 0 emotions, but, on another occasion _I guess the story was falling apart_ lo and behold, the rag doll was capable of having feelings. Boring punk a**, b****.

      I also didn't like the whole atmosphere, I guess I was suppose to say "oh la la look at all the debauchery" ?
      Was I supposed to root for this mentally ill lunatic who's stalking a married woman?!
      I guess if this was a thriller I would totally have a different opinion ? but, unfortunately, no, this is a story about how bitches and "hysterical" _the author's words not mine _women are. How we ruin poor poor men with our hysterical and greedy idiotic ways. ?
    • 2/5
      Horrible reader. You can hear her swallowing after the end of sentences. Had to go with a different reader
    • 1/5
      The reader is just so much bad at reading. The book is fine though
    • 4/5
      The book was read at a good pace and with clear pronunciation. Minor sounds in the far background scattered throughout the audio.
    • 1/5
      Love the book but this audio is HORRIBLE I could hear her stomach growling lol
    • 3/5
      The book is fine. The soundtrack here is a bit whack though. Several times, mostly at the end, the sound disappears but the audiobook is still going, and then after a few lines the sound returns. Very annoying.