The Great Gatsby!
When we started LibriVox in 2005, the book I most wanted to record was The Great Gatsby — but it wasn’t to enter the Public Domain until 2021 and I thought for sure I’d be dead by then. (I have survived Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension much longer than anyone expected, yay!)
I started recording Gatsby on January 3rd and finished yesterday, January 16th. I’ve never recorded a book so quickly! It helped that it was only 9 chapters, and that it’s one of my favorite books in the whole world. Fitzgerald’s use of language dazzles me. Elli proof-listened for me, and I pretended I was reading aloud to her as I recorded :)
Here it is! The LibriVox book cover team even used the original “eyes” book jacket, which is exactly what I was wishing for :)
https://librivox.org/the-great-gatsby-by-f-scott-fitzgerald/
Category: Blog 7 comments »
January 21st, 2021 at 5:18 pm
And it looks like your recording was first out of the gate to boot! Congratulations – I look forward to listening!
January 25th, 2021 at 4:58 am
thank you very much!
January 26th, 2021 at 11:28 am
Kara, thank you for your excellent and timely recording of The Great Gatsby.
Glen Larsen
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
January 26th, 2021 at 9:23 pm
Thank you Kara. Love your reading. Ever considered to read Sam the Sudden or Summer Lightning by P.G.Wodehouse? please do :)
February 11th, 2021 at 1:44 pm
Hey Kayray! Currently enjoying your reading of the Middle Ages! Congratulations on the new book! Looking forward to enjoying your voice some more before I fall asleep, you were blessed with a gift. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
February 16th, 2021 at 10:23 am
Thank you Kara. I’m listening to it right now ?
February 6th, 2022 at 7:29 pm
Kara,
Thank-you for this amazing recording. I listened to it hanging on every word and it was incredibly joyful, peaceful and beautiful. We had hit a bad stretch of family issues and losses in December 2021 and I found your reading of this book to give me hope and joy.
I am sincerely grateful and I wish you good health. Your gift to others, like me, during this challenging time for you personally is nothing short of inspirational and gracious.
Thank-you.
Warmly,
Tim O’Brien – Longmont, CO