Tom and Maggie Tulliver
- Maggie Tulliver – a dark-complexioned miller's daughter. A clever and impetuous child who feels deep passions, but forces herself to suppress them for the good of others.
- Tom Tulliver – Maggie's brother. Originally lives in a careless fashion and neglects his studies, but begins to work seriously after his father's downfall.
- Bessy Tulliver (née Dodson) – Maggie and Tom's mother, a simple and dim-witted woman who feels her social decline. She "obsesses about her linen cupboard, her prized silver sugar tongs and her sister's expensive new hat".[4]
- Edward Tulliver – Maggie and Tom's father, owner of the Mill until a lengthy lawsuit leaves him in dire financial straits. A proud and rash man who struggles to adapt to the modern commercial world. Feels deep love for Maggie especially, and for his own sister "Gritty." Characterized by his strong sense of justice and determination to secure a prosperous future for his family.[5]
- Philip Wakem – hunchbacked classmate of Tom, and friend/suitor to Maggie
- Stephen Guest – affluent suitor to Lucy, who also has eyes for Maggie
Minor characters
Reunion of Maggie and Lucy (W. St. John Harper, 1889)
- John Wakem – St Ogg's lawyer and father of Philip. Mr Tulliver considers all lawyers to be creations of Old Harry (the Devil), but is particularly disdainful of Wakem after losing a costly lawsuit to him.
- Emily Wakem (née Clint) – mother of Philip, dies before the events of the book
- Lucy Deane – Tom and Maggie's cousin, a pretty, fair-haired girl, presumed to be betrothed to Stephen Guest
- Miss Guest and Laura Guest – sisters to Stephen, figures in local society and friends to Lucy
- Mr Riley – auctioneer and appraiser, a friend of Mr Tulliver
- Rev. Walter Stelling – teacher of Tom and Phillip
- Dr Kenn – the clergyman of St Ogg's
- Bob Jakin – a childhood friend of Tom who later helps Tom in business; both Tom and Maggie stay at his house at different times
- Mrs Jane Glegg (née Dodson) – leader of the Dodson clan, critical and dominating aunt of Maggie and Tom who stands up for Maggie after her scandal with Stephen
- Mrs Sophy Pullet (née Dodson) – sister of Bessy, Tom and Maggie's aunt
- Mrs Susan Deane (née Dodson) – sister of Bessy, Tom and Maggie's aunt, mother to Lucy
- Gritty Moss (née Tulliver) – Mr Tulliver's sister, mother of many children, including Georgy and Lizzy
- Kezia – Tulliver family maid
- Luke – the head miller
- Yap – the Tullivers' dog (white and brown)
- Mr Turnbull - Doctor of the parish
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