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Reverend Mr. Glennie

A shortsighted, soft-spoken parson and schoolmaster who teaches the village boys in a decayed almshouse and dares to bury a smuggler with poetry.

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Also known as The Reverend Mr. Glennie, Mr. Glennie, Master Glennie, Glennie, Parson Glennie, Parson Glennie—who

First appearance: In Moonfleet Village

As a supporting figure in Moonfleet, Reverend Mr. Glennie is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

The local clergyman who educates John and shares knowledge about the Mohune family.

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Glennie keeps a ragged school in the old almshouse hall, where John Trenchard learns his letters and watches the parson stand his ground against the bullying magistrate Maskew. When Maskew storms in to rage over verses carved for a dead smuggler, Glennie answers with quiet, unshaken principle, refusing to be cowed from pulpit or gravestone. His stubborn decency gives young John an early model of courage, and his willingness to speak for men the village would rather forget quietly seeds the boy's sympathy for Moonfleet's outcasts.

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Grace Maskew
social · positive
Grace is a student of Reverend Glennie, who provides her with moral and educational… How this plays out →
Blackbeard
rivalry · negative
Elzevir Block
social · ambivalent
Ratsey
social · ambivalent
John Trenchard
social · positive
John Trenchard
social · positive
Elzevir Block
social · ambivalent
Ratsey
social · ambivalent
John Trenchard
social · positive
Blackbeard
rivalry · negative
Elzevir Block
social · ambivalent
Ratsey
social · ambivalent

Grace Maskew
Grace is a student of Reverend Glennie, who provides her with moral and educational guidance.
Blackbeard
Blackbeard and Reverend Glennie are adversaries, representing lawlessness versus moral order.
Elzevir Block
Elzevir and Reverend Glennie have a tense but respectful acquaintance, divided by their different worlds.
Ratsey
Ratsey and Reverend Glennie are acquaintances with mutual suspicion due to Ratsey's criminal life.
John Trenchard
John is a student of Reverend Glennie, who tries to steer him away from smuggling and toward virtue.
John Trenchard
John is a student of Reverend Glennie, who tries to steer him away from smuggling and toward virtue.
Elzevir Block
Elzevir and Reverend Glennie have a tense but respectful acquaintance, divided by their different worlds.
Ratsey
Ratsey and Reverend Glennie are acquaintances with mutual suspicion due to Ratsey's criminal life.
John Trenchard
John is a student of Reverend Glennie, who tries to steer him away from smuggling and toward virtue.
Blackbeard
Blackbeard and Reverend Glennie are adversaries, representing lawlessness versus moral order.
Elzevir Block
Elzevir and Reverend Glennie have a tense but respectful acquaintance, divided by their different worlds.
Ratsey
Ratsey and Reverend Glennie are acquaintances with mutual suspicion due to Ratsey's criminal life.

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Reverend Mr. Glennie appears across 9 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Moonfleet
The local clergyman who educates John and shares knowledge about the Mohune family.
In Moonfleet Village
The village schoolmaster who lent John the Arabian Nights and taught him about the Mohune coat of arms.
II: The Floods
Preaches a sermon comparing life to the letter Y; dismisses the vault noises as natural phenomena caused by the floods.
The Rescue
First to notice John's absence and inquires at his aunt's house.
An Assault
Schoolmaster and minister; assaulted by Mr. Maskew with a fish after refusing to remove the gravestone epitaph.
A Funeral
Waits in the church for Maskew's funeral, though the crowd outside is hostile.
At Ymeguen
Appears in John's nostalgic recollections of his school days.
In the Bay
Mentioned as possibly among the villagers gathered on the beach.
XIX: On the Beach
Visits John, reads the Commendamus over Elzevir, delivers the letter from Heer Roosten about Aldobrand's will, and offers spiritual counsel.

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