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Mrs. Bates

Miss Bates's elderly, deaf mother, a widow living in reduced circumstances.

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Also known as poor Mrs. Bates, the Bates, Bates

First appearance: ii

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In Chapter III: Mrs. Bates is the elderly widow of a former vicar, nearly past everything but tea and quadrille, and is a regular visitor at Hartfield. Later, in XIX: Mrs. Bates is the elderly, nearly deaf mother of…

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HSHarriet SmithJFJane FairfaxEWEmma WoodhouseMEMrs. EltonMKMr. KnightleyMBMrs. Bates

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See Mrs. Bates in ii
See Mrs. Bates in ii