# Gretchen Futteral — Sartor Resartus character guide

> Gretchen Futteral in Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Gretchen, the good Gretchen, Good old Gretchen

**First appearance:** 0013-i-genesis

## Who they are

The kind, pious woman who nursed a mysterious foundling into whiteness and manhood, and first told him the story of his unknown father.

## Relationships

### [Andreas Futteral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/characters/andreas_futteral)

_family_

Andreas and Gretchen Futteral are a married couple who adopt and raise the infant Teufelsdröckh as their own son.

## In the story

### [Book II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/book-ii)

Teufelsdröckh's adoptive mother; a kind and nurturing figure.

### [I: Genesis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/i-genesis)

Andreas's wife, a devoted housemother who cares for the infant and manages the household; she is described as loving her husband for his valor and wisdom.

### [II: Idyllic](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/ii-idyllic)

Implied as the maternal figure providing care, though not explicitly named in this excerpt.

### [Pedagogy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/iii-pedagogy)

The good Gretchen who sent Teufelsdröckh to university but later had to withdraw her support.

### [XI: Tailors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/xi-tailors)

Not directly present in the excerpt, but part of the biographical context.

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