The Mill on the Floss · Character
Mr. Glegg
A retired wool-stapler who escaped business only to be worked harder by his garden and his wife, Mr. Glegg finds his chief dissipation in hard labour.
supporting
Also known as good Mr. Glegg, uncle Glegg, Glegg
First appearance: vi the aunts and uncles are coming
As a supporting figure in The Mill on the Floss, Mr. Glegg is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Kind-hearted but not meek; he tries to avoid conflict but eventually defends himself, and reflects on his wife's temperament.
Mr. Glegg has retired from trade expecting ease and instead spends his days among flowers and vegetables, doing the work of two gardeners while his wife counts the wages saved. Mild, uxorious, and quietly content, he embodies the Dodson prosperity without its sharper edge. His placid presence in family councils offers a soft counterpoint to Mrs. Glegg's judgments and helps keep the Tulliver quarrels from becoming permanent ruptures.
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Relationship types
- Other
Character groups
- Major characters and family
- Minor characters and background
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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family · ambivalent
Uncle and nephew, with Mr. How this plays out →
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family · ambivalent
Uncle and nephew, with Mr. How this plays out →
- Tom Tulliver
family · ambivalent
Uncle and nephew, with Mr. How this plays out →
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See Mr. Glegg in vi the aunts and uncles are comingIn the story
Mr. Glegg appears across 5 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- Mr. and Mrs. Glegg at Home
- The Family Council
- A Vanishing Gleam
- Aunt Glegg Learns the Breadth of Bob's Thumb
- A Family Party
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See Mr. Glegg in vi the aunts and uncles are coming