# Mrs. Grundy — What’s Wrong with the World character guide

> Mrs. Grundy in What’s Wrong with the World by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0039-vii-the-humility-of-mrs-grundy

## Who they are

A personification of conventional propriety and social judgment.

## In the story

### [The Humility of Mrs. Grundy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/what_s_wrong_with_the_world_se/chapters/vii-the-humility-of-mrs-grundy)

Chesterton contrasts the humility of Mrs. Grundy's conventional authority with the arrogance of modern educational innovators.

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