The Great Gatsby

by Clare West (Retold by), F. Scott Fitzgerald

A level 5 Oxford Bookworms Library graded reader. Retold for Learners of English by Clare West.

Gatsby's mansion on Long Island blazes with light, and the beautiful, the wealthy, and the famous drive out from New York to drink Gatsby's champagne and to party all night long. But Jay Gatsby, the owner of all this wealth, wants only one thing - to find again the woman of his dreams, the woman he has held in his heart and his memory for five long years. The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece, is one of the great American novels of the twentieth century. It captures perfectly the Jazz Age of the 1920s, and goes deep into the hollow heart of the American Dream.

Genres: School, Classics

89 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 1925

About the author

Clare West has over twenty years of TEFL classroom experience in the UK and abroad, and has led teacher workshops in Europe and South America. Associated with Cambridge examination courses, she became a freelance author, contributing to Oxford Bookworms and Dominoes and serving as Series Editor for Oxford Bookworms Playscripts.

Reviews

[My Little Forest · Rating 3 out of 5]

THIS REVIEW IS NOT A SPOILER, don't worry!
What I liked the most about this well-known story is Nick's observations through this story. Gatsby reminds me of Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet", really. He has lots of money, but the only 'thing' he desires above all is Daisy. What a true love..

[Felodie Lossdevall · Rating 3 out of 5]

That end makes me sad, but I want to read the full version anyway.

[Abril · Rating 1 out of 5]

No entiendo que pinta el protagonista en la historia

[Antonia Nicolescu · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm certainly glad for listening this audiobook.
I should have done it a long time ago. It's an impressive love story🤍

[ethereal · Rating 4 out of 5]

I kept comparing Daysi to Emma Bovary. I feel that their characters are a bit similar in that they both are a bit attracted to stability, and let themselves get a bit carried away once in a while with infatuation, but this also shows Gatzby, the original yearner, who met this incredible person and couldn't let go, even if their time together had stopped long ago.

[cigsqemptybat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Le pongo 3 estrellas porque lo leí para clase de inglés, y como es evidente es una edición MUY adaptada, y yo les tengo cierto resquicio a las adaptaciones que se comen tanto libro...
La trama me gustó, pero necesito leer la versión menos adaptada, que no sea de unas 70 páginas 😓

[Jana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had to read the book in school and it was okey, but I don’t like how it ended because we didn‘t get to know how everybody else lives now

[Claudia · Rating 2 out of 5]

Son 98 páginas y aún así se hace largo, pasan muchas cosas pero de verdad que aún así se hace largo y no llega a caerte bien en realidad ningún personaje. Es un libro muy extraño.

[Mitchie Baudelaire · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought I was crazy, but then I read this book, and now I know love really does feel liked this sometimes. There is allure in chasing all the riches, only in hopes of that one person welcoming you home at the end of the day, after you prove them just how much more interesting you are than all the other sweet smiles who never cared for their heart like you did all this time.

[Paula Viloria Modrego · Rating 3 out of 5]

La historia es bastante buena. El problema es que al ser una version reducida del libro, meten demasiados datos, nombres, historias, etc., en muy pocas páginas (sobre todo al principio) y hay en momentos en los que cuesta seguir el hilo. Igualmente el libro está muy bien y el inglés del libro se entiende de maravilla

[Bel · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5
me perdi varias veces pero esta bastante bueno, es drama que se yo, mientras que sea ajeno compro
los personajes eran uno mas pelotudo que el otro y nick era mas plano que suela de zapato de obeso no compro
fuera de eso es un clasico como cualquier otro plano e innecesariamente descriptivo

[Vahit Mustafa]

I want to read

[oliwiazych111 · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ★ / 5 ★

[april · Rating 4 out of 5]

nick is in love with gatsby
i hate tom
i will always support daisy
my queen underrated MISS JORDAN BAKER i will forever love u

[maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

pel cole. haver-me de llegir tot un llibre amb un dia per obligació no se'm posa pas bé

[laia canadell · Rating 3 out of 5]

per l'insti, pensava que seria pitjor però tampoc és gran cosa

[Julia Gerad · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read it for School so it was a much shorter version of the book but i cant find the edition.

Really enjoyed it tho and im probably gonna read the 180 page version another time