The Great Gatsby: Chapter 4-6

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Welcome back to our series on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, in which we discuss his best novelistic skills, including his ability to deal in subtext while also creating mood. Plus: the way the book explores the dissonance between desire and reality, whether any of these characters have any interest in (or capacity to see) higher things, and much more. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:03.8	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.2	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.3	And you are listening to Close Reeds, a podcast for the Incurable Reader, on which we are discussing F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.
0:14.8	And in particular, we are talking about chapters four, five, and six of the Great Gatsby in the middle section.
0:22.2	Also known as the middle section.
0:24.0	I don't know if you guys were aware of that.
0:24.7	Oh.
0:27.2	It's officially known as the middle section.
0:30.5	Henceforth here on this episode anyway.
0:32.6	We're going to dig into it. We don't have an unlimited amount of time today.
0:35.5	So we're kind of going to get going to get into it as quick as possible.
0:38.9	But I do have to ask, how's it going?
0:42.5	Great.
0:42.9	Heidi, how are you?
0:43.9	I'm doing great.
0:44.8	How are you?
0:46.1	I'm good.
0:47.5	Busy, very, very busy.
0:49.4	Sean.
0:50.7	Also great.
0:52.2	You know, as...
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