# Mrs. Pullet — The Mill on the Floss character guide

> Mrs. Pullet in The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** sister Pullet, Pullet, aunt Pullet, Mrs. Pullet

**First appearance:** 0006-vi-the-aunts-and-uncles-are-coming

## Snapshot

Maggie's ailing aunt Pullet prescribes pink gowns and funeral sermons with equal solemnity, forever mourning her own health and admiring her own linen.

## Who they are

Mrs. Pullet lives at Garum Firs and descends on St. Ogg's in a cloud of ailments, remedies, and unsolicited advice about dress and complexion. She pities Bessy's bad luck with her children and half-proposes sending Maggie to a distant boarding-school, all while taking quiet pride in the finery she can afford to give away. Her hypochondria and her vanity make her a comic Dodson voice, but her visits also carry the family's judgments into the mill.

## In the story

### [To Garum Firs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ix-to-garum-firs)

Receives Mrs. Tulliver's visit; expresses sympathy but insists Mr. Tulliver should apologize to Mrs. Glegg.

### [Maggie Behaves Worse Than She Expected](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/x-maggie-behaves-worse-than-she-expected)

Disturbed by the chaos, comments on Maggie's potential bad end.

### [Mr. Tulliver Further Entangles the Skein of Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xiii-mr-tulliver-further-entangles-the-skein-of-life)

Attempts to mediate between Mrs. Glegg and the Tullivers, but her efforts are undermined by Mr. Tulliver's pride.

### [I: A Variation of Protestantism Unknown to Bossuet](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/i-a-variation-of-protestantism-unknown-to-bossuet)

Implied as a representative Dodson, sharing the family's focus on propriety and custom.

### [First Impressions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/ii-first-impressions)

Aunt Pullet is concerned about Maggie's shabby clothes and offers her own wardrobe for an evening dress.

### [A Family Party](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_mill_on_the_floss_se/chapters/xii-a-family-party)

Hosts the family party; discusses giving linen to Tom; criticizes Mrs. Glegg's taste.

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