The Great Gatsby Full Cast Audiobook
Cami Stein for Jordan Baker
Jordan Baker is a young upper-class girl who just wants to have fun and doesn't want to think about the consequences. She's also a pro golfer, who cheats. She's very irreverent and thinks she's terribly clever. A youthful voice that's trying to sound older than she is is exactly the voice I imagine for Jordan.
[Retelling a story]
I was walking along from one place to another half on the sidewalks and half on the lawns. I was happier on the lawns because I had on shoes from England with rubber nobs on the soles that bit into the soft ground. I had on a new plaid skirt, also, that blew a little in the wind and whenever this happened the red, white, and blue banners in front of all the houses stretched out stiff and said tut-tut-tut-tut in a disapproving way.
Anyhow he gives large parties, and I like parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties, there isn't any privacy.
[Talking to a man who broke her heart]
(Trying to sound unaffected)
You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn’t I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride.
