# Mrs. Lorin Weston — Hudson River Bracketed character guide

> Mrs. Lorin Weston in Hudson River Bracketed by Edith Wharton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mrs. Weston, Lorin Weston, the silent Lorin Weston

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

Vance's mother, a quiet and religious woman.

## In the story

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

Vance's mother, who values order and material prosperity, and is the envy of her church sewing circle.

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

Vance's father, a successful real estate developer who created the Mapledale suburb.

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

Vance's father, a bright realtor who still believes in Crampton's boom.

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

Vance's mother, who is concerned about his health and dismissive of his literary interests, and who lectures the family about tiring him out.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/chapters/iv)

Vance's mother; initially opposes the idea of sending him to New York but later recalls her cousin Lucilla Tracy's postcard.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/chapters/iv)

Vance's father; seizes on the idea of sending Vance to Paul's Landing as a cost-effective solution.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/chapters/xi)

Mentioned as having a 'way-back culture complex' that influences Vance's literary inclinations; her husband swaggers about this at club meetings.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/chapters/xiv)

Vance writes to his mother to reassure her about his situation in New York.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hudson_river_bracketed_se/chapters/xvii)

Vance's mother, who complains about the household routine and the Slovak girl.

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

Writes to Vance offering a reluctant welcome back to Euphoria, conveying her husband's hurt and the advice of Yula Marphy.

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