Studying The Great Gatsby: The Complete Text and Revision Guide

By: F. Scott Fitzgerald

Narrated by: Roy McMillan, Adam Sims

Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Plug in and prepare for your A-Level English Literature examination with this comprehensive audio study guide to The Great Gatsby.

Includes the entire, unabridged audio narration of The Great Gatsby, as well as in-depth analysis on the text, covering the key areas of: Characters, Themes, Structure and Form, Genre and Historical Context - as well as detailed chapter summaries and key quotations for your exam.

This audio study guide covers the core assessment objectives of the A Level syllabus. This will give students studying these texts a strong foundation from which they can build their understanding, engage with other critical commentary and draw connections to other literary texts. Students will learn how to:

• articulate informed and creative responses to the text through the exploration of themes and key ideas (AO1)
• analyse writers' craft to uncover the ways in which writers convey meaning in the text (AO2)
• appreciate the influence and significance of the contexts which shaped the writing and reception of the text (AO3)

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A great way to study "The Great Gatsby"

When the pandemic started I returned to reading classics, and this book by F. Scott Fitzgerald was the first on my list. Upon reading I really wondered how to analyse and perceive it the right way. I wish I were more devoted to literature during school, when videogames and TV replaced it in my life. Now my attention span is even shorter due to the Internet. I'm afraid to lose the ability to concentrate on fiction, so being able to understand literature is ever important today.
The first chapters highlight the following topics: Historical Context, Genre, Themes, Structure, Form, and Characters.
Then the unabridged book begins, chapter by chapter, with a short summary after each retelling the most important events to make sure you got it right.
Not necessarily to pass an exam, but rather to be literary educated and use this knowledge to analyse other novels, to retain critical thinking, the Penguin Studying Classics series is here to help. It's worth to check out other books, such as Studying Wuthering Heights, Dracula, and Tess of the D’Urbervilles. I hope more classics will be added to this series in future.