# Mrs. Smallweed — Bleak House character guide

> Mrs. Smallweed in Bleak House by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0022-xxi-the-smallweed-family

## Who they are

The bedridden wife of Grandfather Smallweed, rarely seen.

## In the story

### [The Smallweed Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bleak_house_se/chapters/xxi-the-smallweed-family)

Grandmother Smallweed is mentally diminished, often mumbling and screeching about money, and is treated with contempt by her husband.

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