Shirley · Character
Mike Hartley
A half-mad weaver and religious fanatic.
minor
Also known as Mike, Michael Hartley, Michael, little Michael
First appearance: ii the wagons
Mike Hartley shows up with force in I: Levitical. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Antinomian weaver, known for drunken visions and Jacobin sympathies; he describes a vision of silent soldiers marching across Nunnely Common.
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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Louis Moore’s decision to leave his “cell” and seek out the empty parlours marks the emotional and psychologic…
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See Mike Hartley in ii the wagons