Winter Dreams by F. Scott Fitzgerald, read by Eric Webster

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The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library

2 жыл бұрын

“Winter Dreams” was first published in Metropolitan in 1922 and was eventually included in the anthology All the Sad Young Men. It follows the life of Dexter Green, who begins the story as a caddy on a golf course in Black Bear, Minnesota. He dreams of a more luxurious life than that offered by his grocer-father. On his last day as a caddy he meets Judy Jones. She drifts in and out of his life as attains wealth and status but remains distant. Like many Fitzgerald heroes, Dexter hitches his ideals to an ultimately unattainable lady, and reality intrudes in the end.
About the narrator:
Eric Webster is an actor, playwright, director, and producer. He is the co-founder of The Mysterious Old Radio Listening Society which produces both a podcast and live shows. Learn more at websterworld.wixsite.com/eric...

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@jennifermcevers3028 2 жыл бұрын

Love this version with the different voices and sound effects. Made it much more exciting.

@martianknight6341 7 ай бұрын

i hadn't read/heard this since i was 16, and had only read it the once. ive lived several lifetimes since being expelled from that school. im creeping up on the author's age wwhen he died. but that winter i'd read it silently to myself in that classful full of heathens, i feel it now, the same as i did then, but only deeper, bc we all end up living out that Winter's Dream. sry ramble, l8r

@stephenstephen1505 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent narration of great writing. Thanks

@dalyweb 2 жыл бұрын

Mmm. Reading the comments, Internationally “Why can’t we be friends “. Thank you for posting. Love the narrator, story flows well, like Daddy reading me a bedtime story:)

@connorgohmann6573 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic audio book

@ronruggieri9817 Жыл бұрын

A few years ago I read about the death of a woman whom I viewed as a neighborhood goddess a long long time ago when she was very , very, young. -and without ever getting to know her intimately or even as a friend . Her death notice seemed rather shabby , lonely , and sad . And I thought about the last few paragraphs of F .Scott Fitzgerald 's " Winter Dreams ": [ " The dream was gone. Something had been taken from him. In a sort of panic he pushed the palms of his hands into his eyes and tried to bring up a picture of the waters lapping on Sherry Island and the moonlit veranda, and gingham on the golf-links and the dry sun and the gold color of her neck's soft down. And her mouth damp to his kisses and her eyes plaintive with melancholy and her freshness like new fine linen in the morning. Why, these things were no longer in the world! They had existed and they existed no longer. For the first time in years the tears were streaming down his face. But they were for himself now. He did not care about mouth and eyes and moving hands. He wanted to care, and he could not care. For he had gone away and he could never go back any more. The gates were closed, the sun was gone down, and there was no beauty but the gray beauty of steel that withstands all time. Even the grief he could have borne was left behind in the country of illusion, of youth, of the richness of life, where his winter dreams had flourished. "Long ago," he said, "long ago, there was something in me, but now that thing is gone. Now that thing is gone, that thing is gone. I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more . " ]

@CakesbyNess Жыл бұрын

Beautifully read.

@wordjunkys Жыл бұрын

excellent audio!!

@wayneharrison419 2 жыл бұрын

F. Scott Fitzgerald is Francis Scott Fitzgerald. He is the grandson of Francis Scott Key - author of the National Anthem.

@pboddy2920 2 жыл бұрын

Whose national anthem? This may come as a shock to you but there are many.

@severidesgirl5145 2 жыл бұрын

@@pboddy2920 United States of America.... Francis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet from Frederick, Maryland, who is best known for writing the lyrics for the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812. State of Maryland is one of the USA original founding states. You didnt know that??

@pboddy2920 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 Why should I? I come from the 95.75% of the world that ISN'T American. From a country with a national anthem significantly older than yours. This is the internet, not America 😂😂😂

@wayneharrison419 2 жыл бұрын

@@severidesgirl5145 Thank you Ms. Severide for your correct and timely reply to @P Boddy re Francis Scott Key. Had P Boddy just taken a moment to think that F S Fitzgerald, and therefore most probably his grandfather, F S Key, were American, he would have understood I meant the American Natl Anthem. It should have been most obvious I wa

@edrodriguez6001 2 жыл бұрын

Distant cousin, not grandfather.

@Nicebody848. 2 жыл бұрын

💙

@blazezthename 11 ай бұрын

My english final is on this book in 4 hours, hope it goes well!

@BriKat1104 7 ай бұрын

i hope it went well!! ☺️

@blazezthename 7 ай бұрын

@@BriKat1104 omg thank you!! I passed it so I'd say it went well! :)

@BriKat1104 7 ай бұрын

@@blazezthename yayyy! im so glad to finally hear some good news lol! i hope you have a good day! 🙃

@raquelcortez277 Жыл бұрын

28:00

@anglosaxonbreed 2 жыл бұрын

These are the things that young men go through when they're growing up . The mateing game. The we learn or do we ever learn?

@shiningyoonie 5 ай бұрын

10:30

@shiningyoonie 5 ай бұрын

24:51

@kalliebabcock3243 Жыл бұрын

44:33

@veritas6335 5 ай бұрын

Well done, except for the intrusive and unnecessary music track, which manages only to be irritating.

@storytellingclassics 18 күн бұрын

I love the music.

@tiasusan 12 күн бұрын

I love it too.

@longcastle4863 2 жыл бұрын

Music sound effects. No

@bbhaspots8975 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@RBurnerAcc Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was saying 🤦🏾‍♂️

@libby8507 5 ай бұрын

they’re so annoying

@maryalice5357 2 жыл бұрын

Must everything be contentious? Ok then, North or South America? The United States OF America.

@lararabb8888 10 ай бұрын

Might be a classic but I didn't like it.

@user-qc8rj1kr7u 3 ай бұрын

This version skips parts of the story and replaces random words. Disappointing!