The Great Gatsby audiobook — free immersive reading, chapter by chapter
The complete novel, read by Kara Shallenberg for LibriVox: nine chapters, 5 hours 38 minutes, free and legal. Play any chapter right here as immersive reading, the text following the voice, or download the MP3s.
The chapters
- Chapter I43:03MP3
- Chapter II29:40MP3
- Chapter III39:39MP3
- Chapter IV37:18MP3
- Chapter V30:01MP3
- Chapter VI29:12MP3
- Chapter VII1:02:56MP3
- Chapter VIII30:58MP3
- Chapter IX35:17MP3
5 hours 38 minutes in all at 1×; the player runs from 1× to 2×. The MP3s are LibriVox’s own files, or take the whole book as one M4B (155 MB).
Also for this book: the characters and East Egg and West Egg.
Why it’s free
The Great Gatsby entered the U.S. public domain on January 1, 2021, ninety-five years after publication, and LibriVox recordings are public domain from the day they are made. This is the complete 1925 text, unabridged, all nine chapters.
Where else to listen free
| Where | What you get | Immersive reading? |
|---|---|---|
| Here | Shallenberg’s recording, the text following the voice, every speaker in their own color, 1× to 2× | Yes |
| LibriVox, Internet Archive | The same recording as MP3 or M4B files to keep | No |
| YouTube, Spotify | Uploads of the public-domain readings, with ads or an account | No |
| Audible | Paid studio narrations, Jake Gyllenhaal’s among them | Paid, with a Kindle copy |
Quick answers
Is The Great Gatsby audiobook really free?
Yes, and legally. The novel has been in the U.S. public domain since January 1, 2021, and LibriVox recordings are public domain from the day they are made. Kara Shallenberg’s complete reading is free to play here, with the text on the page, or to download as MP3s.
How long is The Great Gatsby audiobook?
5 hours 38 minutes at normal speed, unabridged: nine chapters, the longest Chapter VII at just over an hour. At 1.5× it is about 3 hours 45 minutes; at 2×, about 2 hours 49 minutes.
Who narrates it?
Kara Shallenberg (1969–2023), who recorded hundreds of books for LibriVox over nearly two decades. Audible sells paid studio narrations, Jake Gyllenhaal’s among them.
Is it abridged?
No. It is the complete 1925 text, all nine chapters; the chapter lengths above are the actual recordings, to the second.
Is this immersive reading?
Yes. Immersive reading is listening to a book while its text follows along on the page, what Kindle and Audible call immersion reading. Press Listen and that is what plays, every speaker’s dialogue in its own color, from 1× to 2×. The Chromatics app does the same on iPhone and iPad, offline.
Free on iPhone and iPad. Point your phone’s camera here. On Android?