Sleep Stories: The Great Gatsby

The train from London to Mallaig becomes more and more absent of passengers and chatter as it passes through rural Scotland, clacking along the tracks with a quiet hum.Download the White Noise App for continuous playback.© TMSOFT All rights reserved. 

The din of a crowded beach blends into the sound of the crashing ocean waves creating a surprisingly relaxing sound for a short nap or a deep slumber.Download the White Noise App for continuous playback.© TMSOFT All rights reserved. 

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss F Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, published in 1925, one of the great American novels of the twentieth century. It is told by Nick Carraway, neighbour and friend of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby. In the age of jazz and prohibition, Gatsby ho ...  Show more

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss F Scott Fitzgerald’s finest novel, published in 1925, one of the great American novels of the twentieth century. It is told by Nick Carraway, neighbour and friend of the mysteriously wealthy Jay Gatsby. In the age of jazz and prohibition, Gatsby ho ...  Show more

This year, F Scott Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby enters the public domain. What will this mean for one of America's best loved novels?Ian McMillan is joined by the academic and writer Sarah Churchwell, author of 'Careless People: Murder, Mayhem and the invention of The Gr ...  Show more

A wealthy man in his early 30s. An army man. A German immigrant. A bootlegger. A lover. Who was Jay Gatsby? And if he was based on a real person, what do we know about them?

To delve into one of the most famous fictional characters of the 20th century (from one of Do ...