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The F Scott Fitzgerald BBC Radio Collection: The Great Gatsby and other BBC Radio readings
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A collection of radio readings of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s fiction – plus two bonus programmes
Over the years the BBC has broadcast readings of many of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novels, novellas and short stories. This collection includes some of his most famous works alongside various lesser-known tales, including three ‘lost stories’ (first published in 2017 and with an introduction written by editor Anne Margaret Daniel).
Contents:
The Great Gatsby - read by Sam Robards
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz - read by Garrick Hagon
Tender is the Night - read by ... Read moreKenneth Haigh
Babylon Revisited - read by Stuart Milligan
The Sensible Thing - read by Stuart Milligan
Bernice Bobs Her Hair - read by Laurel Lefkow
Financing Finnegan - read by John Sharian
The Smilers - read by John Sharian
An Alcoholic Case - read by John Sharian
Three Hours Between Planes - read by John Sharian
Pat Hobby’s Secret - read by Ed Bishop
Pat Hobby: Teamed with Genius - read by Ed Bishop
Pat Hobby and Orson Welles - read by Ed Bishop
Pat Hobby: The Homes of the Stars - read by Ed Bishop
Thank You for the Light - read by Karen Bartke, with an introduction read by Laurel Lefkow
The Couple - read by Finn den Hertog
Salute to Lucy and Elsie - read by Stuart Milligan
Also included are The Great Gatsby Letters, in which F. Scott Fitzgerald tells his editor about his hopes and fears for his new novel, and The Beautiful and the Damned: A Portrait of F. Scott Fitzgerald, featuring Ed Bishop and Sarah Keller as Fitzgerald and Zelda.
Please note: some of the language in this recording reflects the era in which it was first broadcast.
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BBC Worldwide Ltd
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London, United Kingdom
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About F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and educated at Princeton. Stationed in Alabama, he met and later married Zelda Sayre. His first novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and was a tremendous critical and commercial success. Fitzgerald followed with The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922, The Great Gatsby in 1925 and ... Read moreTender is the Night in 1934. He was working on The Last Tycoon (1941) when he died, in Hollywood, in 1940. Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and educated at Princeton. Stationed in Alabama, he met and later married Zelda Sayre. His first novel, This Side of Paradise, was published in 1920 and was a tremendous critical and commercial success. Fitzgerald followed with The Beautiful and the Damned in 1922, The Great Gatsby in 1925 and Tender is the Night in 1934. He was working on The Last Tycoon (1941) when he died, in Hollywood, in 1940. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (September 24, 1896 – December 21, 1940) was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age—a term he popularized in his short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age. During his lifetime, he published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories. Although he achieved temporary popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald received critical acclaim only after his death and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940). Best known for The Great Gatsby (1925) and The Beautiful and Damned (1922), the main themes of his work were love, society and class, aspiration, and loss. Born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24,1896, his father, Edward was from Maryland and his mother, Mary McQuillan was the daughter of an Irish immigrant. His first interaction with the art of storytelling was when a detective story he wrote was published in the school newspaper when he was thirteen. He moved to New York City to pursue his literary career. His work belongs with the best of his contemporaries. Show Less
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