The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane · Character
Mrs. Broad
The minister's wife, who installs herself at Priscilla's bedside, pronounces the baby a Flavel, and rides her husband like a wooden rocking-horse.
supporting
First appearance: the revolution in tanner s lane
As a supporting figure in The Revolution in Tanner’s Lane, Mrs. Broad is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
The minister's wife, a proud woman from a distinguished Dissenting family, who is concerned about her son Thomas's behavior and manipulates social situations to protect the…
Mrs. Broad is the presiding respectability of Tanner's Lane, high-headed, managing, and utterly certain of her own judgments, whether naming an infant's lineage or warning her son away from disreputable friends. Nurse Barton's frank contempt — that she orders the minister about and shows no feeling — reveals how the congregation's women privately take her measure. She matters because her social verdicts shape what the younger generation may and may not do.
Free preview opens at this moment — character cards, Character Web, and themes sit beside the text as you read.
Narrative arc
Story tension across the book.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
The "Endnotes" chapter serves as the story's dramatic climax because it presents a direct, intertextual call t…
Full beat labels and climax notes unlock in the reader.
Follow the arc while readingIn the story
Mrs. Broad appears across 5 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.
- XVII: When Wilt Thou Arise Out of Thy Sleep? Yet a Little Sleep
- A Religious Picnic
- XXI: The Wisdom of the Serpent
- XXIII: Further Development
- XXV: “And a Man’s Foes Shall Be They of His Own Household”
Chapter companion notes
Spoil-light check-ins for Mrs. Broad unlock in the free preview.
See Mrs. Broad in the revolution in tanner s lane