"It expresses one phase of the great grotesque spectacle of our American scene. It is humor, irony, ribaldry, pathos and loveliness.A curious book, a mystical, glamorous story of today. It takes a deeper cut at life than hitherto has been essayed by Mr. Fitzgerald."New York Times, April 1925
Jay Gatsby is still in love with Daisy, whom he met during the war when he was penniless. Having made himself wealthy through illegal means, he now lives in a mansion across the bay from the home of Daisy Buchanan, who has since married for money. Holding on to his illusion of Daisy as perfect, he seeks to impress her with his wealth, and uses his new neighbor, Nick Carraway, (our narrator), to reach her.
Daisy's wealthy but boring husband is cheating on her. When his mistress is killed in an accident caused by Daisy, Gatsby covers for her and takes the blame. The result is a murder and an ending which reveals the failure of money to buy love or happiness.
Fitzgerald's elegantly simple work captures the spirit of the Jazz Age and embodies America's obsessions with wealth, power, and the promise of new beginnings.
William Shakespeare
Performed By : Full Cast Production
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 2 hours 15 minutes
Categories : Dramatizations
Classic Literature
Shakespeare
Audio Theater
Download Price : $18.49
David Tennant stars as Benedick with Samantha Spiro as Beatrice in Shakespeare's merry comedy of wit, words and romance. See full description... |
Joseph Conrad
Performed By : Geoffrey Howard
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 11 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
Download Price : $23.95
Under Western Eyes, Conrad’s novel of political treachery and oppression, begins with a bomb that kills a hated Russian minister of police, along with innocent bystanders. A young student named Razumov hides the perpetrator, then betrays him and becomes a spy among his exiled comrades. He faces... See full description... |
Noel Streatfeild
Performed By : Various
Publisher : BBC Audiobooks Ltd
Length : 2 hours 20 minutes
Categories : Classics
Over 10s
Classic Literature
British
Download Price : $18.49
Ballet Shoes is a classic of 20th-century children's literature. The lively humour and sense of fun that have made the novel such a favourite are brought to life in this enchanting dramatisation. See full description... |
Oscar Wilde
Performed By : David Ian Davies
Publisher : One Voice Recordings
Length : 24 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
Classics
Fiction
Download Price : $11.00
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W. Somerset Maugham
Performed By : Kate Reading
Publisher : Blackstone Audio Inc
Length : 7 hours 30 minutes
Categories : Classic Literature
Download Price : $39.95 $16.95
Set in the 1920s, The Painted Veil is the story of the beautiful but love-starved Kitty Fane. When her husband discovers her adulterous affair, he forces her to accompany him to the heart of a cholera epidemic, where she is compelled by her awakening conscience to reassess her life and learn how... See full description...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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