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F Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

"I had a view of water, a partial view of my neighbour's lawn and the consoling proximity of millionaires."

It's the Jazz Age in roaring 1920s America. Nick Carraway moves to the East Coast, next door to the mysterious playboy, Jay Gatsby.

F Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel about aspiration in boom-time America. Read in 10-parts by Sam Robards.

Abridged by Neville Teller.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1996. Show less

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