# Mrs. Foster — The Blithedale Romance character guide

> Mrs. Foster in The Blithedale Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Good Mrs. Foster

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-the-supper-table

## Who they are

Silas Foster's wife, who helps run the Blithedale household.

## In the story

### [Blithedale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/ii-blithedale)

Wife of Silas Foster; gives a hearty welcome to the newcomers, with two young women appearing at her back.

### [Until Bedtime](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_blithedale_romance_se/chapters/v-until-bedtime)

Mrs. Foster knits and falls asleep, yet continues knitting as if in a dream.

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