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Myrtle Wilson

femaleFirst seen chapter 2Last seen chapter 4

Tom Buchanan's mistress, wife of George Wilson, travels to New York, buys a dog, and is violently assaulted by Tom. Myrtle is seen straining at the garage pump in the valley of ashes.

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