# Miss Ophelia Gledd — Short Fiction character guide

> Miss Ophelia Gledd in Short Fiction by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Miss Ophelia, Ophelia Gledd, Miss Gledd, Ophelia

**First appearance:** 0020-miss-ophelia-gledd

## Snapshot

A Boston heiress turned merchant's daughter who keeps her sovereignty intact though the money that bought it is gone.

## Who they are

Ophelia Gledd is an only child who once opened her campaign as a rich merchant's daughter and now moves through Boston society with the same exigeant manner though her father's fortune has failed. She goes alone to balls, lectures, and political debates, holding authority in her mother's house and refusing to let poverty alter her bearing. Her proud composure and enquiring spirit make her a striking American original, and her travels and opinions drive the story's transatlantic encounters.

## In the story

### [Miss Ophelia Gledd](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_4_se/chapters/miss-ophelia-gledd)

The central figure of the chapter; a Bostonian young lady whose ladyship is debated. She is described as tall, thin, sharp, and vivacious, with gray eyes and perfect teeth. She is the belle of Boston despite her family's reduced circumstances, and she maintains her social dominance.

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