699 Gatsby's Daisy (with Rachel Feder) | My Last Book with Francesca Peacock

The History of Literature

Jacke Wilson

History, Books, Arts

4.6 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby might be one hundred years old, but it's still incredibly relevant: one list-of-lists site ranks it as the number-one book of all time. In this episode, Jacke talks to author Rachel Feder about this classic tale of reinvention - and the reinventing she did for her book Daisy, which retells the Gatsby story from the perspective of a messy, ambitious, and possibly devious 1990s teen poet. PLUS Francesca Peacock (Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish) stops by to discuss her choice for the last book she will ever read. Additional listening: 583 Margaret Cavendish (with Francesca Peacock) 281 The Great Gatsby Gatsby Turns 100 (with James West) The music in this episode is by Gabriel Ruiz-Bernal. Learn more at gabrielruizbernal.com. Help support the show at patreon.com/literature or historyofliterature.com/donate. The History of Literature Podcast is a member of Lit Hub Radio and the Podglomerate Network. Learn more at thepodglomerate.com/historyofliterature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The History of Literature Podcast is a member of the Podglomerate Network and Lit Hub Radio.
0:09.5	Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny.
0:13.2	Down time can be just fine, plain bangers from them 90s.
0:17.4	Tea break.
0:18.4	Lunch break.
0:19.5	Maybe listen to the outbreak.
0:20.9	Sometimes it's not time for some tombollah right
0:23.5	It's enjoying lasagna time
0:25.7	chilling with a book time
0:27.4	Or time to visit your nan time
0:29.4	Go on
0:30.4	Play some other time
0:31.6	Put your phone down
0:32.8	Tombola
0:33.7	Open for fun
0:35.4	Terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org.
0:40.9	Whoa, there.
0:42.1	Victoria's had a Friday night to remember.
0:44.7	But now she's outside in the pouring rain.
0:47.4	Oh, what?
0:48.4	You are joking.
0:49.6	I've got no data.
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