Middlemarch · Character
Mr. Powderell
An elderly, charitable Middlemarch tradesman.
minor
Also known as old Mr. Powderell, Mr. Powderell, good Mr. Powderell
First appearance: xiv
Mr. Powderell shows up with force in LX. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Bids successfully on a proof engraving of a portrait of the great Doctor, moved by Trumbull's description.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Local gossips and matrons
- Legal and familial authority figures
- Artistic and scholarly outsiders
- Minor townspeople, relatives, and servants
- Middlemarch social and professional network
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
In this scene, the emotional and psychological peak occurs when Dorothea, having just endured the humiliation…
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