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The Great Gatsby
- Narrated by: Jake Gyllenhaal
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
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Summary
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.
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- Anthony
- 02-06-13
Much better investment than the movie!
This is a beautifully written and narrated examination of superficiality and materialism and in America in the interwar years. It highlights the desire for money and things, drawing attention to the emptiness that can accompany the unconstrained search for more and more. The powerful symbols of Gatsby's house and the eyes of Dr T J Eckleberg, reveal the dominance of commercialism and the hollowness of the continuous search for wealth and recognition. When things go wrong it all collapses in a heap and there's barely a relationship that survives Gatsby's violent end.
Great story, beautifully written, well narrated, and probably more deeply evocative than the multi-million dollar movie. Maybe money can't buy it all, after all?!
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- caroline
- 07-07-14
Best novel of the twentieth century
Where does The Great Gatsby rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Probably the best, the prose sparkles and the plot is spare and perfectly framed
Who was your favorite character and why?
The narrator, he is at once reflective and sensitive, aware of his own faults but capable of emotion and loyalty
What does Jake Gyllenhaal bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
One gets a clearer delineation of the characters by listening to their different voices, tonalities and inflections as read by him
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Voted by me one of the best if not the best novel of the twentieth century. The music of the prose suggests the jazz era
Any additional comments?
I have now read this book twice, seen the first movie once and most enjoyed of all experiences the audible version. Fabulous.
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- Matt Harwood
- 23-12-13
Great classic story, but dreary narration
Where does The Great Gatsby rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Sadly, it seems my take on the narration for this book, is somewhat different to the opinions of others...
I like Jake Gyllenhaal's acting, but his vocals in this story, didn't capture me at all. In fact, his monotone voice with lack of excitement, left me missing various important parts of the story as my mind wandered for something less dreary.
Great story, but I'm glad I had a re-wind button to re-listen to the bits I drifted off to...
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- Miss Hunt
- 18-02-15
Beautifully read, great story
I really enjoyed this book, and loved the narration. The tone felt perfect for the story.
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- A. J. Roche
- 10-05-13
Wonderful Adaptation
Jake Gyllenhaal really brings this wonderful story to life. I've listened to a few audiobooks of this story, and they've always failed to engage me. This one, however, really succeeds, with Gyllenhaal breathing a charm and old-world sensibility into Fitzgerald's words. His Gatsby voice sounds very much like DiCaprio's, which lends itself well to the tie-in with the 2013 movie.
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- Jay Lewis
- 10-08-18
Gyllenhaal is a great reader of this timeless classic
This is just a wonderful way to spend a few hours. Gyllenhaal makes the story come alive with his on point characterisation of Nick and the tragic story of Jay Gatsby.
One to listen to immediately, Old Sport.
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- James
- 23-07-18
Terrible combination of two things seem appealing
A very short listen but not enjoyable, read poorly and flatly, often with incorrect grammar
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- B. J. Taylor
- 01-06-15
Quite a bit of fuss over nothing!
It's written well but it's a little slow for my tastes! Also who'd have thought jake gyllenhal would have such a monotone narration???
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- amie
- 18-03-21
overrated
hugely overrated book. All about over privileged selfish people. hard to like any of them, or connect with any of them.
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- 420 Blaze it
- 17-07-18
This book washed over me
I haven’t a clue what I have just been hearing. Great voice but the rest is.... well I might relisten to this someday in future as I heard it was good.
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