The Great Gatsby
Gatsby, Daisy and the green light at the end of the dock.
5 hr 18 min · read by Nathan Edwards
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
The chronicler of the Jazz Age and author of The Great Gatsby.
1896–1940 LiteraryClassicsSatire
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Who was F. Scott Fitzgerald?
F. Scott Fitzgerald was the American novelist of the Jazz Age, the author of The Great Gatsby and short stories of wealth, love and disappointment in the 1920s.
His life
Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, in 1896 and went to Princeton. His first novel, This Side of Paradise (1920), made him a celebrity at twenty-three, and he married Zelda Sayre the same year. Together they became symbols of the glamorous, reckless 1920s.
His work
The Great Gatsby (1925) is now one of the most widely read American novels, though it sold poorly in his lifetime. He paid the bills with short stories for magazines, many about young people who want more than they can have: Winter Dreams, Absolution, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. He died in Hollywood in 1940, aged 44, believing himself a failure.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
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The Great Gatsby
Gatsby, Daisy and the green light at the end of the dock.
5 hr 18 min · read by Nathan Edwards 
Winter Dreams
An early version of the Gatsby story. Our most-played Fitzgerald.
1 hr 4 min · read by Christopher Mireider
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4:29
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
A man who is born old and grows younger.
1 hr 15 min · read by Richard Salem
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4:04
Audiobooks
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Absolution
Narrated by ROGER ARNOLD
Rudolph Miller is eleven years old, the son of a strict railroad man who sees sin everywhere. Rudolph has told a lie, and he is certain he is damned. Then he meets Father...
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4:53
May Day
Narrated by Gid Newell
Ballroom glitter collides with riot-torn streets as a ruined veteran spirals through one fatal night in 1919 New York. Gid Newell’s performance brings Fitzgerald’s beauty...
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3:02
Tarquin of Cheapside
Narrated by Marcus Locke
A breathless chase through 1594 London ends at dawn with a quill and a brilliant twist. Marcus Locke’s vivid performance brings Fitzgerald’s sly, suspenseful historical t...
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3:49
The Adjuster
Narrated by Julie Ann Marra
Charles and Luella Hemple are young, handsome and married. Luella is beautiful, spoiled and used to being forgiven. Then the money and health of the family begin to fail,...
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3:28
The Baby Party
Narrated by Sue Fellows
A toddlers’ party erupts into a hilarious, bruising feud that exposes how childish grown-ups can be. Sue Fellows delivers Fitzgerald’s sharp, tender satire of pride, stat...
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3:22
The Camel's Back
Narrated by Tony J Martin
Perry Parkhurst's girl, Betty Medill, has turned him down again, and Perry takes it badly. By evening he is drunk, renting a camel costume, and talking a taxi driver into...
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4:24
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Narrated by Richard Salem
In 1860 a baby is born in Baltimore with the body and mind of a man of seventy. As the years pass he grows younger instead of older. Benjamin Button must learn to live in...
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4:04
The Great Gatsby
Narrated by Nathan Edwards
F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Jazz Age masterpiece, vividly performed by Nathan Edwards. Enter West Egg’s glitter and heartbreak as Jay Gatsby chases an impossible dream—and the...
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4:27
The Jelly-Bean
Narrated by Mary Ellin Kurtz
Jim Powell is a lazy young man in a small Georgia town who spends his days in the pool hall. He knows he is not much, and he knows the girl he loves, Nancy Lamar, is far...
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4:54
The Lees of Happiness
Narrated by Jennifer Sward
A haunting Jazz Age short story of love tested by fate. Roxanne’s unyielding devotion and Jennifer Sward’s moving narration turn quiet sacrifice into unforgettable drama.
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4:53
The Sensible Thing
Narrated by Christopher Garcia
George O'Kelly is young, poor and in love with Jonquil Cary, but Jonquil will not marry a man without money. She breaks off their engagement. So George goes to South Amer...
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3:23
Winter Dreams
Narrated by Christopher Mireider
Dexter Green grows up in a small Minnesota town, caddying at the golf club where the rich families play. There he meets the beautiful and careless Judy Jones, and she bec...
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4:29
Life in dates
F. Scott Fitzgerald's life
- 1896
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- 1920
This Side of Paradise; marries Zelda Sayre.
- 1922
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Winter Dreams.
- 1925
The Great Gatsby.
- 1934
Tender Is the Night.
- 1940
Dies in Hollywood, aged 44.
Questions
Questions about F. Scott Fitzgerald
Is The Great Gatsby in the public domain?
Yes, in the United States since 2021. Each Academy Voices recording is a new performance by a real narrator.
What is Winter Dreams about?
A young man's lifelong love for a rich, careless girl. Fitzgerald called it a first draft of the Gatsby idea.
Which Fitzgerald audiobook should I start with?
Winter Dreams is short and our most-played. Then The Great Gatsby.
Where can I listen to F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobooks narrated by real people?
Academy Voices has 11 F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobooks, each performed by a real narrator, with a free sample on every one. Every recording is Certified Human Voice.
Reviewed October 2026 by the Academy Voices team. Sources: Wikipedia, Wikidata .
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