Jun 29
The Great Gatsby - Chapter 1
Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 in Audible.com, F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby
is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published on April 10, 1925, the story is set in New York City and Long Island during the summer of 1922. The novel chronicles an era that Fitzgerald himself dubbed the "Jazz Age." Following the shock and chaos of World War I, American society enjoyed unprecedented levels of prosperity during the 1920s as the economy soared. At the same time, Prohibition, the ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol mandated by the Eighteenth Amendment, made millionaires out of bootleggers and encouraged organized crime. Although Fitzgerald, like Nick Carraway in his novel, idolized the riches and glamour of the age, he was uncomfortable with the unrestrained materialism and lack of morality that went with it. The Great Gatsby was not popular upon initial printing and sold fewer than 25,000 copies during the remaining fifteen years of Fitzgerald's life. Although it was adapted into both a Broadway play and a Hollywood film within a year of publication, it was largely forgotten during the Great Depression and World War II. After it was republished in 1945 and 1953, it quickly found a wide readership, and is now often regarded as the Great American Novel. It is now a standard text in high school and university courses on American literature in countries around the world. This podcast is brought to you by Audible.com. Click here to download a FREE audiobook of your choice at Audible.com/greatbooks.
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Tuesday, February 24 6:53 pm
The Great Gatsby - Chapter 1 - http://tinyurl.com/bowcsh
Monday, January 21 1:12 pm
C'est bon d'avoir de vos nouvelles. Merci pour le compliment concernant ma nouvelle mise en page.
Calibre means a gun in this phrase!
Je viens de lire votre mauvaise list...etc
Faites-moi savoir si vous y arrivez.
OR something like that.
I'm not sure what if you really meant a donkey's to-do list!
What do you mean by parler de temporisation?
Vous seriez peut-être intéressée par mon nouveau blog, ...
I hope that you don't mind me correcting your French, please do correct my English
A part from that I'm impressed! Your French is not bad!
I am honored to know that you actually read my blog. Now you can directly there as I changed the settings
Must finish this book today
Thursday, January 17 2:38 pm
Dear Blue Ice,
Bon pour avoir de vos nouvelles encore. Merci du compliment sur mon nouveau calibre.
J'ai juste lu votre mauvaise liste de to-do d'âne ... bonne chance ! Faites-nous savoir il s'avère
Parler de la temporisation...vous pouvez être intéressé par mon nouveau blog, A Writer's Rites at http://walterburek.com.
Jusqu'Ã la prochaine fois,
walter
Thursday, January 17 1:34 pm
Nice new template. Much better
Monday, December 3 4:13 pm
Oh and your cover is scary, mine is so romantic
Monday, December 3 4:12 pm
I just finished reading the 1st chapter. For some reason I can't read this book as fast as I usually do!!!
Tuesday, July 17 4:32 pm
Nelson,
Sorry for the inconvenience. Gremlins slipped in another m4a when I wasn't looking. It's been replaced with the mp3 you've been looking for.
wgb
Sunday, July 15 9:09 pm
I too love this book, and am looking forward to the audible version; however, I can't seem to find the mp3 version on the site, only m4a - can you help?
Tuesday, July 3 12:49 pm
A very good work! Thanks for your information! You are in my Blogroll World! If I'm from Romania I learned English. World culture is amazing.
Monday, July 2 7:32 pm
I have to agree with NeoAuteur, not only do I love this book, but it's going to be very enjoyable to listen to more of it!
Saturday, June 30 9:47 pm
This is one of my favorite books. I'm looking forward to the next chapter.
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