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The Great Gatsby

Written by: F. Scott Fitzgerald
Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal
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Audie Award Finalist, Classic, 2014

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel of the Roaring Twenties is beloved by generations of readers and stands as his crowning work. This new audio edition, authorized by the Fitzgerald estate, is narrated by Oscar-nominated actor Jake Gyllenhaal (Brokeback Mountain). Gyllenhaal's performance is a faithful delivery in the voice of Nick Carraway, the Midwesterner turned New York bond salesman, who rents a small house next door to the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby. There, he has a firsthand view of Gatsby’s lavish West Egg parties - and of his undying love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.

After meeting and losing Daisy during the war, Gatsby has made himself fabulously wealthy. Now, he believes that his only way to true happiness is to find his way back into Daisy’s life, and he uses Nick to try to reach her. What happens when the characters’ fantasies are confronted with reality makes for a startling conclusion to this iconic masterpiece.

This special audio edition joins the upcoming film - as well as many other movie, radio, theater, and even video-game adaptations - as a fitting tribute to the cultural significance of Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age classic, widely regarded as one of the greatest stories ever told.

©1925 Charles Scribner's Sons. Copyright renewed 1953 by Frances Scott Fitzgerald Lanahan (P)2013 Audible, Inc.
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Ear Candy!

The Great Gyllenhaal totally brings The Great Gatsby alive. Amazing book, a classic, amazing narrator. What more more could you ask for. I love it when there are new ways to enjoy a favourite classic.

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Phenomenal!

This was absolutely fantastic! Loved Jake’s narration and the story is excellent!
Oh, you old sport, Gatsby - I adore him!

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Roaring Twenties personified

Fitzgerald penned a fascinating story of the über-rich after World War I. The characters are legitimately distasteful - spoiled, entitled, lazy, and morally repugnant. Hedonism reigns over a story of unrequited love, dishonesty,  and love affairs. The twists culminate in death and destruction.

Jake Gyllenhaal is a fine actor and does a decent job reading here. His tone and pacing is spot-on for the novel.

This recording is worth 8.5 stars out of 10.

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Simply captivating.

This book had me in a trance. I would look forward eagerly to every car ride so I could let it play some more, further uncovering it's sophisticated and dreamy plot line. The narration was top notch aswell, really well done and a must listen!

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Great Book!

I used this audiobook to help me read The Great Gatsby and it was a tremendous help! Jake Gyllenhaal did a very good job at reading this novel! Well done audible and thank you for releasing this audio book.

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One of the best

I can't believe how lucky I am to have one of my favorite books narrated by one of my favorite performers

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AMAZING!!!!

Excellent!! Highly recommend to anyone. A beautiful narration of a classic cleverly written genius book!

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The performance certainly did justice to the book!

Started off a little unsure about the narration and Jake Gyllenhaal’s fit with Nick Carraway, but I soon dove right into the story. It was an amazing narration!

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Histoire classique

Je suis francophone mais je suis aussi très à l'aise avec la langue anglaise, je lis beaucoup en anglais et d'ordinaire j'ai de la facilité. Par contre ce livre-ci est à un autre niveau! Je devais restée concentrée pour ne pas perdre le fil, le vocabulaire est beaucoup plus riche et complexe que ce à quoi je suis habituée. Un vocabulaire plus classique et littéraire, probablement! Bref, mon évaluation n'est aucunement affectée par cela, je voulais juste aviser les autres francophones aventureux ;)

Sinon, je ne savais pas trop à quoi m'attendre, et finalement il s'agit d'une histoire assez classique qui fait réfléchir sur les classes sociales, le rêve américain, le pouvoir de l'argent et ce qui fait la valeur d'un homme/d'une femme. C'est le genre de classique dont on saisi bien la valeur culturelle/historique/littéraire côté intellectuel, mais côté coeur/émotions/sensibilité, c'est resté plutôt plat pour moi.

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first audible book.

pretty good first experience with audible. book was nice and short and easy to listen to. Classic.

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