# Miss Perry — Alice Adams character guide

> Miss Perry in Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the demure Miss Perry

**First appearance:** 0005-vi

## Who they are

A young woman in the social circle.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alice_adams_se/chapters/i)

The nurse, who disregards Virgil's complaints about night air and sleeps soundly through the night.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alice_adams_se/chapters/iv)

Miss Perry, the nurse, relays messages between Virgil and Alice.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/alice_adams_se/chapters/v)

Informs Alice and Mrs. Adams that the cook has quit and left through the front door.

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