# Winnie — Driven Back to Eden character guide

> Winnie in Driven Back to Eden by Edward Payson Roe.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Winifred, Winnie Barlow

**First appearance:** 0015-xiii-rescued-and-at-home

## Snapshot

A restless, curious young girl whose appetite for new ideas matches her brother's, and who would happily trade a settled home for a travelling one.

## Who they are

Winnie is one of the family's eager, questioning children, drinking in the busy world of wharves, machinery, and river craft alongside Bobsey. Where Mousie shrinks from the canal boats, Winnie protests that living in a travelling house would be splendid, since you could go all over and still stay at home. Her expanding mind and willingness to be delighted by everything she sees make her a lively counterweight to her sister's frailty as the family edges toward their new life.

## Relationships

### [Bobsey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/characters/bobsey)

_friendship_

Bobsey and Winnie are likely close friends or siblings, given their frequent interactions.

## In the story

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

The daughter, caught with a cheap, vile journal from a neighbor, showing vulnerability to negative influences.

### [II: I State the Case](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/ii-i-state-the-case)

Robert's wife, initially unaware of the gravity of his thoughts, listens as he explains his plan to move to a farm.

### [New Prospects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/iii-new-prospects)

The impulsive and restless daughter, promised chickens and woodland rambles to distract her from Melissa Daggett.

### [A Momentous Expedition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/iv-a-momentous-expedition)

Receives a book on poultry and declares she hears cocks crowing at dawn.

### [A Country Christmas in a City Flat](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/v-a-country-christmas-in-a-city-flat)

Winnie receives china eggs for the future chickens and imitates a hen's cackle.

### [Telling About Eden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/viii-telling-about-eden)

Explodes with merriment over the mountain name and engages in playful banter with the narrator.

### [IX: “Breaking Camp”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/ix-breaking-camp)

Winnie is inclined to tell neighbor children about the move, but the father discourages this for secrecy.

### [Scenes on the Wharf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/x-scenes-on-the-wharf)

Also curious and full of questions, she finds the idea of living on a canal boat 'splendid.'

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

Excited and curious, her bold black eyes flash with excitement; expresses ambition to become a lady, which the narrator uses as a lever for her character.

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

The daughter who sobs and expresses dislike for the country during the terrifying storm.

### [Rescued and at Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xiii-rescued-and-at-home)

Winnie is sleepy and carried in by Mr. Jones, then sits on the floor with Bobsey.

### [Our Sunny Kitchen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xv-our-sunny-kitchen)

Helps clear snow with Bobsey, wearing overshoes, and is ravenous at dinner.

### [Making a Place for Chickens](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xvi-making-a-place-for-chickens)

Eagerly takes on the task of washing the chicken room window and is delighted by the project.

### [Butternuts and Bobsey's Peril](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xviii-butternuts-and-bobsey-s-peril)

Picks her way through puddles, helps with the fire, and complains about the sap's taste.

### [XIX: John Jones, Jun.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xix-john-jones-jun)

Helps with spring gardening tasks and is present during the rescue, showing gratitude to Junior.

### [XX: Raspberry Lessons](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xx-raspberry-lessons)

Helps gather and pile prunings from the fruit trees.

### [The "Vandoo"](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxi-the-vandoo)

Promises to obey orders at the sale and declares she will hear the first crow and get the first egg from the new chickens.

### [Early April Gardening](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxii-early-april-gardening)

Assists in planting onions and tying raspberry canes.

### [A Bonfire and a Feast](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxiii-a-bonfire-and-a-feast)

Eager to light the bonfire, gathers dry grass, and later fetches potatoes for roasting.

### [No Blind Drifting](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxiv-no-blind-drifting)

Gathers eggs and receives daily lessons from mother and Mousie.

### [Owls and Antwerps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxv-owls-and-antwerps)

Helps tie up the uncovered Antwerp raspberry canes after a heavy rain.

### [A Country Sunday](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxvi-a-country-sunday)

Tends to hens and chicks, counts days until hatching, and feeds the brood with Indian meal and mashed potatoes.

### [Strawberry Visions and “Pertaters”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxvii-strawberry-visions-and-pertaters)

Helps Merton drop potato seed and gathers wildflowers with Mousie and Bobsey.

### [Corn, Color, and Music](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxviii-corn-color-and-music)

Cares for the new broods of chickens.

### [We Go A-Fishing](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxix-we-go-a-fishing)

Visits the chicken coops with the father after the fishing trip.

### [XXX: Weeds and Working for Dear Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxx-weeds-and-working-for-dear-life)

Assigned to weeding but is disciplined for playing and neglecting her work; later sobs and promises to behave.

### [Nature Smiles and Helps](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxi-nature-smiles-and-helps)

Winnie expresses concern about the chickens in the rain and is assigned to thin out beets.

### [XXXII: Cherries, Berries, and Berry-Thieves](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxii-cherries-berries-and-berry-thieves)

Had met the objectionable neighbor children while rambling for strawberries, bringing them to the house.

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

Picks berries and is praised for her work; also tends to chickens.

### [We Shall All Earn Our Salt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxv-we-shall-all-earn-our-salt)

Picks raspberries with Bobsey and helps during the thunderstorm.

### [A Thunderbolt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxvi-a-thunderbolt)

Has firecrackers for the Fourth and wades in the creek; later cries from fear during the storm.

### [Rallying from the Blow](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxvii-rallying-from-the-blow)

Calls the chickens after the storm and shows concern for Robert's spirits.

### [August Work and Play](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xxxviii-august-work-and-play)

Sobs during discipline for stealing the melon, helps with strawberry planting.

### [A Visit to Houghton Farm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xl-a-visit-to-houghton-farm)

Reluctant to leave the poultry houses and yards, proud of raising over a hundred chickens.

### [Hoarding for Winter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xli-hoarding-for-winter)

Tasked with gathering shavings and lumber scraps; her early broods provide the pullets for winter laying hens.

### [Autumn Work and Sport](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xlii-autumn-work-and-sport)

Helps with the chickens and gathers nuts with Bobsey.

### [Thanksgiving Day](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/driven_back_to_eden_se/chapters/xliii-thanksgiving-day)

Helped as waitress during the Thanksgiving dinner and maintained interest in poultry.

### [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)

Listens attentively to the financial review, trying to understand.

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