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1. Jay Gatsby
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In the 1920s Jazz Age of America, Nick Carraway moves to the East Coast, next door to the mysterious Gatsby. Read by Sam Robards.
"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.
First published in 1925 - F Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel about aspiration in boom-time America.
Abridged in ten parts by Neville Teller.
Read by Sam Robards.
Producer: Duncan Minshull
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 1996.
Last on
Tue 8 Apr 202503:30
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