Great Gatsby: Great Books Explained

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This is a story about the American Dream. No other decade defined America like the 1920s. The country was coming into its own and fulfilling its promise of freedom and prosperity, but already the dream was showing its cracks, and the decade that followed would test America to its very core. One book would serve as a prophetic warning to its audience and still offer a glimmer of hope about the American ideal.
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Jon L Peacock
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George Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue (1924)
On Bourbon Street
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BOOKS
Careless People by Sarah Churchwell
Some sort of epic grandeur by Matthew J. Bruccoli
Some Unfinished Chaos by Arthur Krystal
A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Scott Fitzgerald by Andrew Turnbull
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@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Please don’t forget to ‘like’ and leave a comment (however short), as it REALLY helps promote the channel and means I can produce more content. If you don’t know, my other channel, Great ART Explained can be found here - ru-vid.com/show-UCePDFpCr78_qmVtpoB1Axaw - thanks so much for your amazing support - James

@stephaniehendricks3537 6 месяцев назад

Just wondering, are you going to do to kill a mockingbird by harper lee. In my opinion that is one of the best books of the 20th century.

@neoshoprof 25 дней назад

@big-smoovproductions5183 6 месяцев назад

I’m glad I discovered this channel in it’s infancy.

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

I’m glad you did too!

@luckyvanced7232 6 месяцев назад

@@greatbooksexplained371 Bro your content's rock! Keep up the the good job 👍

@rey.6334 2 месяца назад

there is also a channel called Great Art Explained!

@iggyzorro2406 6 месяцев назад

I have read everything I could find by Fitzgerald. I've never read any other author whose words were so brilliantly chosen.

@cpietanza2451 5 месяцев назад

History has never interested me, until now. Well done, loved it❤

@jeffsmith1798 5 месяцев назад

Same here. Read everything I could find of Fitzgerald. He is a writer’s writer. His writing is so beautiful. Hemingway, Twain, Faulkner, Steinbeck…all know how to spin a yarn, but Fitzgerald crafts such entrancingly beautiful prose.

@Amanita._.Verosa._. 5 месяцев назад

How do you all have the stamina? I don't know if I have ADHD or something but I freeze up when I try to read.

@monk4270 4 месяца назад

@@Amanita._.Verosa._.the more you read the easier it will get. Just 5 pages per day before bed will make it a habit you’ll build on, while also making it easier to fall asleep

@amandafox2317 3 месяца назад

You are missing out of one of life's great pleasures!

@jonraymond 5 месяцев назад

The first few sentences of this novel are so beautiful. This is one of those rare occurrences of a novel being extremely famous but deserving of it.

@bobfabiszak16 3 месяца назад

When I read Gatsby as a high school student (in 1973!) we were told that Daisy’s green light represented hope and renewal. Maybe so, but there is a phrase “green with envy” that I think applies here. Gatsby will NEVER be truly part of the Buchanans’ world. That is what eats at him. He wants Daisy, but he also wants acceptance into that world-that East Egg, old money world-and he will never get it. The message of the book ultimately is “know your place and stay there.” That’s probably not what Fitzgerald intended, but it unfortunately is what Fitzgerald lived and what Gatsby suffered.

@_lovelylotus Месяц назад

@@bobfabiszak16 Oh that's interesting, I was told it was meant the "American Dream + Wanting Diasy" when I read it in my class

@manicmuffin 6 месяцев назад

I love how you discuss not only the book but also the historical context!

@eduardodiaz2649 6 дней назад

I first read it in high school. Since I have read it every decade. I’m 66 now. And my feelings change as I have aged and experience life…and find new meaning in it. A beautiful book that still holds my attention…

@Xmanz-ud7ff 6 месяцев назад

One fascinating thing about Fitzgerald’s novels is that so much of their content is drawn directly from his own experiences in Jazz Age society. His artistic talent as a writer is so emblematic of the flourishes of that era. Many of his short stories are fascinating as well although not as semi-autobiographical as his novels. It’s sad he didn’t live longer.

@nullings. 6 месяцев назад

One of the very few books I was forced to read for university that I actually enjoyed! Also, you once more picked a very talented person to read the quotes!

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏that’s the talented Jon L Peacock

@chevgr 6 месяцев назад

Agree

@nl3064 6 месяцев назад

Weird how it took you until university (unless, I guess, if you're not in the US). Everyone in the US reads it in high school.

@nullings. 6 месяцев назад

@@nl3064 I'm from Vienna, Austria 😂 Here, it's very common to read Faust (by Goethe) and other works written in German before you enter university. The works we read in (our) English (lessons) were usually far more modern ("Slam", "Two Caravans", "The Death of a Superhero", "The Kiterunner",...). I think the oldest books we read were "The Giver" and "The Perks of Being a Wallflower". I also got to read "Eveline" by Joyce, but that was in an extra lesson, so I wouldn't count it.

@LindaStoronsky-yk4df 4 месяца назад

The narrator was imitating Robert Redford from his movie portrayal.

@sterlist 6 месяцев назад

This was beautifully edited and written, and the narration was top notch. Thank you so much for this, I guess its time for a re-read

@0o0ification 6 месяцев назад

I absolutely loved the "currency" comparison of Gatsby and Tom. Thanx for posting this one -- I found this novel to be as accessible as Hemmingway, but much more thought inspiring and emotionally disruptive. I still remember learning that popular opinion drove this book into modern classic status, disregarding that initial criticism of the _literati_ , proving that disruption of the establishment was maybe not so out of reach after all, once all those Gatsby-types were working together.

@tube_fish 6 месяцев назад

I read this book a while ago but didn't understand it that well. Thanks so much for the straightforward explanation. Keep up the good work :)

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

You're very welcome!

@michaeld1889 6 месяцев назад

I have to say that Chapter 3, in my opinion, is perhaps the greatest chapter in all of modern literature.

@tmathy9267 6 месяцев назад

Chapter 3 is a damn good one, that's for sure.

@izayus11 5 месяцев назад

@@michaeld1889 that is actually pretty fair. My disdain for the book should not be extended to those who enjoy it. I will delete my previous comments.

@Ataenkosi 6 месяцев назад

I'd love a series that explores so much of Gatsby, more than a movie. It is such a wonderfully written story. I rank it as high as Great Expectations, if not more.

@user-ps9he4ql9h 6 месяцев назад

Hi James! This must be my week for both your channels. On great art explained, you posted Apollo and Daphne (which I requested lol) and now one of my favorite books ever. I never knew the story in some ways mirrored Fitzgerald’s life. Thanks again for another interesting and well researched video!

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Keep the suggestions coming!

@alanaadams7440 4 месяца назад

That's why they tell the authors "Write what you know" most books are versions of the authors life

@brianxjoseph 3 дня назад

One of the most talented creators on this platform. the depth and nuance you put into these videos never ceases to amaze me.

@whyamilikethis1998 6 месяцев назад

We had to do Steinbeck in school instead of this book, so I'm looking forward to learning more about it 😊

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Hope you enjoy it!

@nl3064 6 месяцев назад

Literally every American reads it in h.s., along with Steinbeck. What weird school did you go to where it was either or?

@whyamilikethis1998 6 месяцев назад

@@nl3064 I'm in Northern Ireland, so we had to do some UK material as well (in our case, An Inspector Calls by J B Priestley- fantastic play)

@TunaFreeDolphinMeat 6 месяцев назад

Yes, I did Steinbeck too ( along with numerous Classics). But have read Fitz books since

@Stettafire 6 месяцев назад

We did Steinbeck too (though I'm not American we were Welsh). We did "Of Mice and Men", "Holes", "Heroes", "Romeo and Juliet", "An Inspector Calls" and "MacBeth". I do believe the final paper was "Of Mice and Men" though.

@g.s.3450 6 месяцев назад

Extraordinarily well done video in all aspects. The visuals, narratives, literary analyses and overall presentation were superb! I was glad you stressed how poetic Fitzgerald’s work is, the books he actually read, and that he was a real wordsmith. Thank you from Portugal.

@alexliberti9679 6 месяцев назад

loved the video. When I was in high school, we watched both great Gatsby movies. both are pretty good. the one with Dicaprio really shows the how extreme the roaring 20's were. While the one in the 70's shows the book as it is

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

I agree ☝️

@Romalvx 6 месяцев назад

You perfectly explained this novel, everlasting symbol, living monument of the American culture; your comment is like a perfect bookmark in my reading memories. Thank you so much!

@dominicmckeown7 5 месяцев назад

Great video James. The arial shot at 12:26 is of the University of Missouri where I go to school. I've watched many of your videos on the art channel in those buildings!

@greatbooksexplained371 5 месяцев назад

That’s so cool!

@justahappylittleflower 6 месяцев назад

I enjoy both your channels. I discovered Great Art Explained this summer, and I was instantly hooked! I always learn something from your videos.

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@maryroberts9315 6 месяцев назад

Great video! I never noticed the many references to time, except for the great final line of the novel. Nick is a perfect narrator, because he was a part of the scene, but is telling the story years later, when his opinions of the participants and events has changed and matured. As he tells the story, he already knows what happened and the novel is infused with nostalgia and melancholy.

@RFL1976 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for another great episode James, something i noticed was the outro "By James Payne and Daniel Cobb", I'm guessing Daniel helps you put together these fantastic YT videos so big thanks to him as well for their efforts. I am not a big reader, in fact it has been many years since i read a full book but loved learning about this cultural history in way that is passionate and not over my head as well as being very beautiful visually)

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Yes Daniel is the scripts co-writer! Thanks 🙏

@franciscobello1519 12 дней назад

Always love the layers in your work... Johns, Gershwin, even Baz!

@JesusAnyNameWillDo 6 месяцев назад

One of my all time favourite books and you did it justice once again 👏 loved your analysis of the poetry and time imagery. I always come away from your videos with a fresh take on things to explore further. Keep up the good work 👍🏻

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@elsyfabiolagochezguzman8433 4 месяца назад

I've been such a big fan of your other channel for years now, and when I realized you had made another one just for literature (which is my biggest passion) I was ecstatic. Thanks so much, and please never stop

@joaovictorsalesgomes1614 3 дня назад

What an outstanding video! You managed to make this classic interesting as it can be, almost as if getting us to buy the book, haha. Thank you for such great content and keep up the good work

@litalpeled2055 6 месяцев назад

I see a new video of yours and I immigrated click. Love both your channels as they are so informative and well executed. Cheers from Israel 🇮🇱

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏

@seriouslywhatever1031 6 месяцев назад

Love this! You bring to light all the layers of the book I missed when reading it a few years ago. You must lead a very intellectual life.

@alainawilson918 6 месяцев назад

The book that made me fall in love with literature. Great video as always

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏

@kritikumari6689 6 месяцев назад

Its so good to watch your well-crafted videos. I keep waiting for more content on your channels. All the best to you :)

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@michaelwinningham6166 7 дней назад

Loved the Gershwin quotes! Fits the novel so well. Great summary!

@ConorHealy 4 месяца назад

Thank you ! Both of your you tube channels contain so so much for me to ponder on and time spent on them is never time wasted.

@luizfloripa222 6 месяцев назад

I have barely started to watch the video... And I am already here to give a 'like', and leave a 'comment'. Just to support your channel.

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

I appreciate that

@luizfloripa222 6 месяцев назад

@@greatbooksexplained371 Greetings from an island in southern Brazil...

@nickfromidaho 6 месяцев назад

I didn’t think your videos could get any better than the art videos but here we are! Such great content! Thank you for your work ❤

@chevgr 6 месяцев назад

Loved this film. One of your best. Really loved the narration too the actor has a great voice. Great script by Daniel Cobb too congratulations

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏

@Solidarity1024 3 месяца назад

This channel had a great impact on me and introduced me to literature. Thank you so much. These videos help me appreciate and enjoy the works.

@heatherrobertson6110 6 месяцев назад

Another wonderful video, James, thank you. And yet another book to put on my re-read pile - it is getting perilously tall now!

@thaisgregorio2734 6 месяцев назад

Wow, I always learn so much from your videos (both here and on the art channel). May I suggest an analysis on "Peter Pan"? I love that book and feel that there are so many hidden symbolisms in it...

@gallerina999 6 месяцев назад

The way you approached this book thematically was very moving for me.

@sylvainst-pierre8725 6 месяцев назад

Had to wait a full day before i had time to listen and watch this amazing short documentary. Thank you GBE.

@jeffsmith1798 5 месяцев назад

You can learn a lot about The Great Gatsby through Fitzgerald’s short stories. Of the Gatsby cluster of short stories, Winter Dreams is my favorite. It’s like Fitzgerald testing the waters so to speak of his Gatsby novel masterpiece.

@martinelanglois3158 5 месяцев назад

You put a lot of work into this and it shows. Great art and music through out. Thank for doing these. Superb!❤ 👏👏👏

@samanthaheller3474 3 месяца назад

I love both of your channels. I find myself really wishing there were more videos, I love literature. Of course I understand this channel is fairly new and not the only one you are running, so a feverish desire for new material is probably one of the best compliments I can give you. Keep up the amazing work

@greatbooksexplained371 3 месяца назад

New one out now!!

@MatthewDLDavidson 5 месяцев назад

Outstanding documentary with exceptional insights. Please create more of them! 😊

@maggfat 4 месяца назад

Your videos are masterpieces in themselves. I rewatch and rewatch and always enjoy!

@greatbooksexplained371 4 месяца назад

Glad you like them!

@jennaedwards3213 4 месяца назад

I am so appreciative of this channel! Thank you!

@Michelle58546 4 месяца назад

New to the channel, it was wonderfully explained not only the book its self but the history behind it . The Great Gatsby is one of my favorite stories I really enjoyed this analysis of it ❤😊

@maggfat 6 месяцев назад

Great use of rhapsody in blue 🎉

@AnyPerson-my8pe 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for supplying this great, free video and content!

@jeffrooturantula2081 3 месяца назад

This channel is awesome. Getting into literature after hating reading my whole life. Very excited to see what books you will cover next

@user-sp1wl1kl6b 29 дней назад

A very passionate story of American dreams thanks for explaining this story

@kayque1992 6 месяцев назад

This channel is pure gold.

@bookoffholicbookwart5945 6 месяцев назад

It's almost 12am here in india but whenever James posts, I'll watch the video

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Thanks 🙏

@bookoffholicbookwart5945 6 месяцев назад

@@greatbooksexplained371 always

@eliza4817 6 месяцев назад

Hooray hooray! Another video! I love watching your channels at the gym. Time flies on the treadmill!

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Enjoy - and don’t fall off the treadmill!

@robichaudjpg 6 месяцев назад

Your videos crush anything on netflix, keep it up! Please! 😅

@Chimp_No_1 6 месяцев назад

Incredibly important channel ! Thank you for your work !

@puddinggeek4623 5 месяцев назад

Excellent video as always. I knew nothing about The Great Gatsby before this video, very interesting to watch and learn. Keep up the great work.

@Alexis_-_ 6 месяцев назад

These book videos are turning out fantastic as well. Gatsby is a poetic masterpiece and you did it justice with this. A lot of insight and well chosen passages. Thanks again. "Cape Cod Afternoon" by Hopper is one of my favorite paintings. You have the best taste.

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Thank you so much!

@enchant_res 4 месяца назад

I sat there stunned❤ ..... For a good 10 minutes this beautiful narration ran my head❤

@matanyaholmes3964 6 месяцев назад

For me the moral of the story is don't let someone you love who dosent really love you back run you to the ground. Thanks for the video as always. I'm sure the book isn't so far fetched from the reality of the authors personal love life.

@nayandas8445 Месяц назад

We need more of these type of explanations.

@stevej9058 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for covering my favorite novel. It was beautifully done. 👏

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@marylogue31 6 месяцев назад

I love your videos! I would really love to see an analysis of a book like Wuthering heights or Anna Karenina

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Great suggestions!

@barbarak2836 5 месяцев назад

"Jane Eyre" is another great book.

@lilpixie25 6 месяцев назад

Incredible video, gets to the point of Fitzgerald's disillusion which I believe we all experience one way or another as we grow up and face reality. In some places people come to this realization a little earlier, and in others places, a little later in life. No matter where, though, the transition between childhood's stupor in fantasy must confront and ackowleedge that dreams belong in a place separate from reality.

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Great comment - thanks 🙏

@yurkdawg 29 дней назад

Thank you for doing this masterpiece more than justice. I distinctly remember reading this in high school English class. Although I was a nerd on the AP track with good grades, I still looked upon most reading assignments as a chore. But by the time I came to the ending...thank you for writing the entire end passage. I distinctly remember reading the final page. It was the first time a book so thoroughly broke through my wannabe tough-guy teenage-boy facade that I was literally *crying*. Thirty years later I still remember each one of those perfect final lines. (Unfortunately that green light has proven to be just as elusive now as it was then, but no matter, I already knew it would be... 🥲)

@megantruesdale9649 Месяц назад

Another great book explained, cheers

@maryanneelliott97 3 месяца назад

Appreciate your insights. The classics are classics for a reason and your interpretations add to these brilliant works. Thank you.

@tulde12 5 месяцев назад

Concise, yet thorough explanation against the background of a superb narration. 👏

@BabyBoomerChannel 6 месяцев назад

Great job. I was always confused by the Smokey ash piles they pass, driving from West Egg to (and back from) Manhattan. Then I found out that Flushing Meadow park (in Queens) was once a dump - where ashes were dumped during a the Gatsby era. They would have driven right past it.

@DanielCobb86 6 месяцев назад

We had some of that in the draft, but cut it for time. So interesting!

@lindenpeters2601 5 месяцев назад

@@DanielCobb86 Feel free to post some uncut videos, I will seriously sit and watch it on my TV. I love documentaries, and I know I'm not alone in saying that!

@TheGrifhinx 4 месяца назад

We have tales like this, and then we have people who still wanna be in the USA- I mean, "America"

@annapa8610 6 месяцев назад

Another great video. Both of your channels are outstanding. Bravo!

@EricNorcross 6 месяцев назад

Great video! Thanks for tackling my favorite literary work of all time!

@shoegal 6 месяцев назад

One of my favorite books of all time

@michaeljohnson2922 6 месяцев назад

Would love to see your take on “A movable feast”

@erikaalexandraparrabernal2021 5 месяцев назад

Fantastic video! Thank you for talking about this incredible book and story

@chewie283 6 месяцев назад

thank you for your channel and to review one of my favourite books

@spritelink 4 месяца назад

This is a terrific series. I hope there are more episodes to come!

@greatbooksexplained371 4 месяца назад

New one this Friday!

@Swordflash4 5 месяцев назад

One of my favourite books to study at school! Thank you so for this video!

@tannerzastoupil3556 4 месяца назад

Wow this is amazing the writing is fabulous.

@thebagelsproductions 12 дней назад

These are great. Thanks for the background information

@wesley907 4 месяца назад

Love your book analysis as well as the art videos. I'm a fan.

@greatbooksexplained371 4 месяца назад

Awesome, thank you! 🙏

@angelfch 5 месяцев назад

The CC Spanish translation is superb!

@greatbooksexplained371 5 месяцев назад

Excellent!

@almar231 5 месяцев назад

¡Muchas gracias!

@cpietanza2451 5 месяцев назад

History has never interested me, until now. Well done!

@KarlBunker 6 месяцев назад

Terrific analysis! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and information,

@kajazukal9198 6 месяцев назад

Great as always. Thank you for your work.

@littleplumblossom8112 6 месяцев назад

I love learning with this channel 😊

@dxm303 6 месяцев назад

Fantastic video, wish there were more channels like this!

@kjcs_1896 6 месяцев назад

Been waiting for this! Thank you!

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Hope you enjoyed it!

@katecroonquist1048 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for making these!

@renatamirandoli 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for this. Cheers from Brazil.

@SpayAndNeuterChristians 6 месяцев назад

Brilliant.

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

Thank you! 🙏

@dreioo8759 6 месяцев назад

Oh no, you have book analysis now... I'm hooked!l...again!

@edward2175 4 месяца назад

A real treat this drizzly, dark, Tuesday morning. Super deluxe graphics and your clear engaged narrative. So glad I am poor..

@alesiaarifi966 6 месяцев назад

I loooove this book! Thank you ❤️

@greatbooksexplained371 6 месяцев назад

You're so welcome!

@user-jt7ou4rv4c 5 месяцев назад

I love your explanation of books

@ethanhutchison3180 3 месяца назад

Incredible channel. So well made

@Pearl-7193 6 месяцев назад

Excellent collaboration!

@SpaceTimeTurtle 6 месяцев назад

What an amazing coincidence, I just finished reading Gatsby several days ago. It was such a luscious joy to read. Every chapter dripping with beautiful imagery and hard truths. I read it slowly over several weeks, as each chapter felt like drinking brandy with my eyes. Truly a sensory and hearty classic for the ages, jazz or otherwise. :):)

@MariaVosa 6 месяцев назад

You managed to cover a lot in a very short video. It's interesting the book wasn't successful at first, I'm curious how its elevation to Great American Novel came about. I think his portrayal of Gatsby wasn't quite as positive as it comes across here. It's very clear Gatsby doesn't really see Daisy as a real person, he is using her to live out a fantasy almost as much as she is using him.

@iconoclastforever7065 5 месяцев назад

I recall hearing that during World War II the U.S. Army handed out paperback copies of The Great Gatsby, and soldiers put in their helmets and then had something to read in their idle hours.