The Great Gatsby
Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Narrated by Sean Astin
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896, St. Paul, Minnesota-1940, Hollywood, California) creó uno de los mitos de la literatura del siglo XX, el gran Gatsby, y contribuyó de un modo fundamental a la invención de su época. Su primera novela, A este lado del paraíso (1920), narró la educación sentimental de su generación, y sus cuentos inventaron la Edad del Jazz y configuraron las emociones y la imaginería de los años veinte. Hermosos y malditos (1922) adivinó el fin de la fiesta inagotable («la mayor orgía de la historia», según el propio Fitzgerald) y lo preparó para escribir El gran Gatsby (1925). Pasó por Hollywood, a la busca de dinero en el nuevo paraíso cinematográfico, y fracasó. La Depresión económica de 1929 la vivió como depresión y quiebra personal: Suave es la noche (1934), su cuarta novela, volvió a demostrar la extraordinaria capacidad de Fitzgerald para sentir y contar la compenetración indisoluble entre los grandes hechos históricos y la historia íntima de los individuos. En diciembre de 1933 su mujer, Zelda Sayre, había sido internada en una clínica psiquiátrica. En 1937 Fitzgerald volvió a Hollywood como guionista. Su nombre sólo aparecería en los créditos de una película sonora: Tres camaradas, y por bebedor fue despedido de su último trabajo en Hollywood, donde murió de un ataque al corazón. Su novela final, inacabada, El último magnate, hablaba de la desilusión de Hollywood. T. S. Eliot había juzgado así El gran Gatsby: «Me parece el primer paso que da la ficción americana desde Henry James.»
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Readers find this title to be a great American novel with breathtaking prose. However, some readers did not enjoy the narration and felt that there are better versions available. Overall, the book leaves readers wanting more Fitzgerald.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
May 28, 2025
4.5 stars really.. didn’t really appreciate it when i first read it in hs but i loved it the second time around - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Dec 18, 2024
Great narrator for a great book! Classic, a must read. - Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Nov 29, 2024
Excellently read by the narrator. He gets a 5⭐️. For an older reader with much classical reading experience (although this was my first time ready The Great Gatsby) I found it painfully slow until about halfway through. The last half, after the characters were developed was much better, smoother flowing, and much more interesting IMHO. - Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Jul 21, 2023
A Great American Novel. Sean Astin reads it very well - Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5
Jul 21, 2023
I don't care for this narration at all. There are much better versions available. - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Jul 21, 2023
Sean Astin did a great job. When I read it, this book's prose is breathtaking, however, listening to it conveyed a sadness that has escaped me when I read it (?) - or perhaps I have just forgotten. Always leaves me wanting more Fitzgerald.
This would be a 5 star review, except that the last line of the book, and one of its most iconic, is obscured and denigrated by ridiculous music.
