The Great Gatsby Full Cast Audiobook
Tiffany AB for Daisy Buchanan
Daisy is a very pivotal character in the story. She gives off an alluring and pleasant vibe while being completely flighty. A heavy emphasis is placed on her voice in the book, being described as "money" by Gatsby. She tries very hard to be charming and witty and desires more than she'll ever get from her current life. She's pretty soft-spoken, and sweet-sounding, though it's almost an act she puts on. I picture her sounding like Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story.
[These two lines are from different parts of the book. The first is her first line, when she's seeing her cousin for the first time in years. It should sound like she thinks she's the most clever person in the room. With the fake stutter an air of haughtiness should emanate from the line]
"I’m p-p-paralyzed with happiness."
[The second line is Daisy confiding in her cousin, her feelings of dissatisfaction in her married life with Tom after he has stepped away.]
"It’ll show you how I’ve gotten to feel about...things. Well, she was less than an hour old and Tom was God knows where. I woke up out of the ether with an utterly abandoned feeling and asked the nurse right away if it was a boy or a girl. She told me it was a girl, and so I turned my head away and wept. ‘All right’ I said, ‘I’m glad it’s a girl, and I hope she’ll be a fool. That’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool.’You see I think everything’s terrible anyhow. Everybody thinks so, the most advanced people. And I KNOW, I’ve been everywhere and seen everything and done everything."
[Daisy is drunk and confiding in her friend about her upcoming wedding to Tom Buchanan]
Take ‘em downstairs and give ‘em back to whoever they belong to. Tell ‘em Daisy’s change’ her mine. Say “Daisy change” her mine!
[These are several different lines cut together at the climax of the story. Tom has confronted Gatsby about his affair with Daisy, and Daisy is goaded into telling Tom how she really feels.]
You’re revolting! Do you know why we left Chicago? I’m surprised that they didn’t treat you to the story of that little spree. Why, how could I love him, possibly? I never loved him.
