# Mrs. Bates — Emma character guide

> Mrs. Bates in Emma by Jane Austen.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0003-ii

## Who they are

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

## In the story

### [Chapter III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emma_se/chapters/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.

### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emma_se/chapters/xix)

Mrs. Bates is the elderly, nearly deaf mother of Miss Bates, seated in the warmest corner, who is read the letter from Jane.

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