Sleep Stories: The Great Gatsby

The day has been cloudy and rainy but absent the feeling of gloom. Instead the gentle pattering rains give a feeling of coziness and comfort knowing you're safe and warm inside. With a warm cup of tea or coffee the setting feels sleepy and serene, as if designed to induce a restf ...  عرض المزيد

Crickets sing through the brush on a dark night in New Zealand. As the crickets call out waves crash peacefully onto the nearby beach.Download the White Noise App for continuous playback. 

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 ...  عرض المزيد

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 ...  عرض المزيد

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 ...  عرض المزيد

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 ...