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The Problem With The Great Gatsby’s Daisy Buchanan

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Why have critics and readers throughout the ages hated Gatsby’s girl so much?

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Is there any female character in American literature more coquettish and coveted than Daisy Fay Buchanan?

She’s the most desirable debutante, the ever-evading maid. She’s warm, feverish, thrilling, intoxicating—a siren, an enchantress, a blossoming flower.

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