Studying The Great Gatsby: The Complete Text and Revision Guide

This is a good study guide for A level students and helps to focus on some of the key themes and ideas of Gatsby. It's well structured in that the analysis comes up-front, followed by a reading of the full text with a summary at the end of each chapter. I'd suggest this is good after the student has read the book for the first time and is definitely a supplement to, not a replacement for, the book. The reading is well done and may be helpful to students struggling with some of the more formal language of Fitzgerald.

Don't expect this to say anything hugely original: it focuses on Fitzgerald's analysis of class, money and the American Dream, with some standard character analyses, and draws attention to the modernist elements of the narrative, especially the retrospective and fractured nature of Nick's story and consequent emphasis on time. It would have been nice to have had some questions for the student to think about further to direct a more personal engagement with the text as well as some commentary on the stylistics of the prose - but overall, I'd see this as a helpful adjunct to reading the book for A level (or even GCSE).

This is a review of this format and the content of the study materials as I have already previously reviewed the GG.

I think this is a really great idea and I wish it had been available when I was grown up, it really brings the novel to life and discusses all the important issues that a student would need to know in a way that is clear to understand.

My only criticism is that the discussions of the book which includes spoilers are all at the start of the audiobook and I fear that students may listen to these first and then not bother to listen to the full audio of the book which would be such a loss for them.

Depending on the type of learner that you are, listening to audiobook study guides can really help cement points and quotations in your head. I wish this guide had been available for my daughter when she was studying this text.

It would be more helpful if the sections had header names, eg Main Characters, America between the wars, etc to make it easier to study around a topic.

Excellent resource for students and people who speak English as a second language. With an in-depth explanatory introduction followed by the complete text, every chapter is given a synopsis directly after Fitzgerald's.

To my shame, although I had seen the ballet, I’d never read the book and wanted to see how the story had been translated for the ballet (very well). I enjoyed the depth of the guide and enjoyed the narration, as I always do when I listen to these study guides