Publisher, BBC Audiobooks America (June 2008)

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The mysterious Jay Gatsby embodies the American notion that it is possible to redefine oneself and persuade the world to accept that definition. Gatsby's youthful neighbor, Nick Carraway, fascinated with the display of enormous wealth in which Gatsby revels, finds himself swept up in the lavish lifestyle of Long Island society during the Jazz Age. Considered Fitzgerald's best work, The Great Gatsby is a mystical, timeless story of integrity and cruelty, vision and despair. Now available unabridged on CD, Alexander Scourby delivers Fitzgerald's story in "one of the finest readings ever recorded" (The New York Times).

About the Author: F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) published his first novel, This Side of Paradise, in 1920 and it was an immediate hit. The Great Gatsby is considered his best (and best-known) work. It has been assigned reading in American high schools and colleges continuously since its publication.

About the Performer: Alexander Scourby (1913-1985) was a veteran actor of stage and screen. He distinguished himself as narrator of many television specials, most notably, "The Body Human," and recorded more than five hundred books for the blind for the Library of Congress, as well as the Bible.