# Mrs. Durham — Driven Back to Eden character guide

> Mrs. Durham in Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** neighbor Durham, Durham

**First appearance:** 0014-xii-a-march-evening-in-eden

## Who they are

Wife of Mr. Durham, a neighbor in Eden.

## In the story

### [A Problem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/i-a-problem)

The wife and mother, growing thin, nervous, and irritable from the strain of managing the household and children.

### [VI: A Bluff Friend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/vi-a-bluff-friend)

The narrator's wife, who initially hopes for vegetable novelties but later laughs at her disappointed expectations.

### [A Voyage Up the Hudson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xi-a-voyage-up-the-hudson)

Shivers at the stormy view but encourages the children to watch the machinery; later shares a stateroom with Mousie.

### [A March Evening in Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xii-a-march-evening-in-eden)

The mother, exhausted but brave, who insists on calling the new farm 'home' despite never having seen it.

### [Given a Chance](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxiv-given-a-chance)

Supports the narrator's plan, visits Bagley's wife, and provides practical help.

### [We Can Make a Living in Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xliv-we-can-make-a-living-in-eden)

Expresses contentment that the family has been led to the country by a kindly hand.

## Links

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