Major Characters
- Maggie Tulliver – young female protagonist
- Tom Tulliver – Maggie's brother
- Mrs Bessy Tulliver - Maggie and Tom's mother
- Mr Tulliver – Maggie's and Tom's father, owner of the Mill
- Philip Wakem – hunchbacked classmate of Tom, and friend/suitor to Maggie
- Stephen Guest – affluent suitor to Maggie
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