The Great Gatsby

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Mark White

"The Great Gatsby", F. Scott Fitzgerald's third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. First published in 1925, this quintessential novel of the Jazz Age has been acclaimed by generations of readers. The story of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan, of lavish parties on Long Island at a time when The New York Times noted "gin was the national drink and sex the national obsession," it is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s.

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skipped words and passages

I read along as I listened to the audio book and there were several occasions where the narrator missed or skipped words or passages. While I appreciate Fitzgerald's writing style, I didn't care for the story very much.

Narrator

He mispronounced a number of words. Does no one check this. It was annoying and unnecessary

Sort of OK

The reader simply mispronounced too many words. A reviewer made a list of all the mispronounced words. It's simply embarrassing to wince each time you realize that the reader (and the director) failed to know or to spot these errors.

great literary work, meh narration

Fitzgerald is one of those authors who tells his story and every so often takes your breath away with the most heartbreaking beautiful, poignant sentences. It is both a period piece and timeless because it's about love and loss and the interconnectedness of the human experience.

Sorry to say I was disappointed by the narration. I don't think it did the prose justice, the dialogue was not differentiated enough and so was confusing, and I thought the tone was all wrong for most of the dialogue. It wasn't awful, and other people love it. I wasn't one of them.

Mark White’s narration is wonderful

The narrator did a masterful job of transporting you back to the 1920’s and perfected each of the characters voices throughout the story. I thoroughly enjoyed this reading .