# Mrs. Durrant — Jacob's Room character guide

> Mrs. Durrant in Jacob's Room by Virginia Woolf.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-iii

## Who they are

Clara and Timmy's mother, a society hostess in London.

## In the story

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

Mrs. Durrant hosts Jacob at her home, calls him by his first name, and shows a pensive, melancholic side while walking on the terrace.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jacobs_room_se/chapters/vi)

Sleepless, scores lines in the Inferno while Clara sleeps.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jacobs_room_se/chapters/vii)

Oversees the party, comments on Clara's dance card, and expresses severity about Clara's romantic choices.

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