# Miss Avery — Howards End character guide

> Miss Avery in Howards End by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Miss Avery, Avery

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

An eccentric old woman who lives near the Wilcoxes' country house.

## In the story

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/howards_end_se/chapters/xxiii)

The old woman who descends the stairs at Howards End, mistakes Margaret for Ruth Wilcox, and leaves into the rain.

### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/howards_end_se/chapters/xxiv)

Startles Margaret at Howards End; later discussed as a character with knowledge of the farm's past.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/howards_end_se/chapters/xxxii)

Miss Avery has unpacked the Schlegels' packing-cases at Howards End, leading to the chapter's central conflict.

### [XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/howards_end_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Has unpacked and arranged the Schlegel furniture at Howards End, insists Margaret will eventually live there.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/howards_end_se/chapters/xxxv)

Miss Avery is seen standing in the farmyard and confirms that a cab has passed.

### [Chapter XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/howards_end_se/chapters/xl)

Appears briefly, crossing the lawn and merging into the hedge, reinforcing the sense of Howards End as not yet fully theirs.

### [XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/howards_end_se/chapters/xliii)

Calmly murmurs about Leonard's impending fatherhood, reminding Margaret that horror is not the end.

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