# Herr Towgood — Sartor Resartus character guide

> Herr Towgood in Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Towgood

**First appearance:** 0015-iii-pedagogy

## Who they are

Teufelsdröckh's easygoing English friend from university days, a foil of cheerful worldliness against the Professor's metaphysical storms.

## In the story

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

Forms a friendship with Teufelsdröckh, sharing critiques of education and society; described as warmhearted but ill-cultivated.

### [VII: The Everlasting No](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sartor_resartus_se/chapters/vii-the-everlasting-no)

Mentioned in connection with the 'Towgood-and-Blumine business' that exacerbates Teufelsdröckh's bitterness.

### [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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