# Mrs. Hackbutt — Middlemarch character guide

> Mrs. Hackbutt in Middlemarch by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Hackbutt

**First appearance:** 0018-xiv

## Who they are

A gossipy Middlemarch lady who spreads rumors about Lydgate.

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