# Mrs. Evans Riddle — Elmer Gantry character guide

> Mrs. Evans Riddle in Elmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Riddle

**First appearance:** 0014-chapter-iii

## Who they are

A wealthy parishioner in Elmer's first church.

## Relationships

### [Elmer Gantry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/characters/elmer_gantry)

_psychological_

Mrs. Evans Riddle is a wealthy, lonely widow whom Elmer manipulates for financial support and social standing.

### [Elmer Gantry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/characters/elmer_gantry)

_psychological_

Mrs. Evans Riddle is a wealthy, lonely widow whom Elmer manipulates for financial support and social standing.

### [Elmer Gantry](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/characters/elmer_gantry)

_psychological_

Mrs. Evans Riddle is a wealthy, lonely widow whom Elmer manipulates for financial support and social standing.

## In the story

### [Chapter XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/chapter-xvi)

Proprietor of Victory Thought-power Headquarters; hires Elmer, then fires him after catching him stealing a marked twenty-dollar bill from the collection.

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

Proprietor of the Victory Thought-power Headquarters, conducting services, classes, and healings.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/ii)

Leader of a New Thought group; hires Elmer, but later fires him for stealing collection money.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/iii)

Elmer borrows phrases from her magazine for his lectures.

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

Mentioned as an example of New Thought originality with her humorous oracle, which Elmer admits he cannot match.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/elmer_gantry_se/chapters/vii)

The delicate, blue-veined old lady who is offended by Elmer's condescension and calls him a 'swine' after he leaves.

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