num_pages: 128
description: The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's portrait of the Jazz Age in all its decadence and excess, is, as editor Maxwell Perkins praised it in 1924, "a wonder." It remains one of the most widely read, translated, admired, imitated and studied twentieth-century works of American fiction.This deceptively simple work, Fitzgerald's best known, was hailed by critics as capturing the spirit of the generation. In Jay Gatsby, Fitzgerald embodies some of America's strongest obsessions: wealth, power, greed, and the promise of new beginnings.The recording includes a selection of letters written by Fitzgerald to his editor, Maxwell Perkins, his agent, Harold Ober, and friends and associates, including Willa Cather, H.L. Mencken, John Peale Bishop and Gertrude Stein.Performed by Tim Robbins
language: English
title: The Great Gatsby
titlecomplete: The Great Gatsby
characters: Meyer Wolfsheim, Nick Carraway, George Wilson, Jay Gatsby, Tom Buchanan, Myrtle Wilson, Jordan Baker, Daisy Buchanan
genres: Literature, American, Classics, School, Novels, High School, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Read For School, Romance
ratings_count: 4978443
places: New York City, New York, Long Island, New York, New York (State), The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Grammy Award
category: Best Spoken Word Album, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Long Island Reads
publisher: Caedmon