# Louisa Gradgrind — Hard Times character guide

> Louisa Gradgrind in Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Louisa, Miss Louisa, Loo, Loo Bounderby

**First appearance:** 0001-i-the-one-thing-needful

## Who they are

The eldest Gradgrind daughter, forced into a loveless marriage with Bounderby.

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