# Mr. Bowley — Jacob's Room character guide

> Mr. Bowley in Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bowley, kind Mr. Bowley

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

An elderly gentleman who visits the Flanders family.

## Relationships

### [Clara Durrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jacobs_room_se/characters/clara_durrant)

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Mr. Bowley is an older, platonic admirer of Clara, representing the safe, conventional suitor she is expected to accept.

### [Clara Durrant](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jacobs_room_se/characters/clara_durrant)

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Mr. Bowley is an older, platonic admirer of Clara, representing the safe, conventional suitor she is expected to accept.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jacobs_room_se/chapters/viii)

Mr. Bowley is present at the party, listening to Rose Shaw's lament about Jimmy and Helen, and later tries to intervene by inviting Jimmy to breakfast.

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