Middlemarch · Character
Letty Garth
One of Caleb and Mrs. Garth's younger daughters.
minor
Also known as Letty, Letty Garth
First appearance: xvii
Letty Garth shows up with force in LXXXVI. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Letty is briefly seen playing on the swing in the garden, laughing and screaming wildly as Mary pushes her.
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- Other
Character groups
- Minor townspeople, relatives, and servants
- Middlemarch social and professional network
- Artistic and scholarly outsiders
- Minor female attendants and past loves
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this scene, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Dorothea, having just endured the humiliation…
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See Letty Garth in xvii