# Emma — Of Human Bondage character guide

> Emma in Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

Philip's devoted nurse during his childhood at Blackstable.

## In the story

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

Emma, Philip's nurse, fetches him from Miss Watkin's and tells him his mother has died.

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

Philip's devoted nurse, who must leave him despite his desperate pleas for her to stay.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/v)

The maid who helped Mrs. Carey and was present when she returned from the photographer.

### [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/of_human_bondage_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned in Philip's memory of being told of his mother's death.

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