# Mrs. Gradgrind — Hard Times character guide

> Mrs. Gradgrind in Hard Times by Charles Dickens.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Gradgrind, Gradgrind

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

## Who they are

The sickly, ineffectual wife of Thomas Gradgrind.

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