The Great Gatsby

Why did Myrtle marry her current husband?

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Myrtle married George Wilson because she thought he was a gentleman.

"I married him because I thought he was a gentleman," she said finally. "I thought he knew something about breeding, but he wasn't fit to lick my shoe."

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