# Mrs. Oakroyd — The Good Companions character guide

> Mrs. Oakroyd in The Good Companions by J. B. Priestley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Oakroyd

**First appearance:** 0003-i-mr-oakroyd-leaves-home

## Who they are

Jess Oakroyd's wife.

## In the story

### [Mr. Oakroyd Leaves Home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_good_companions_se/chapters/i-mr-oakroyd-leaves-home)

Jess's wife. She is practical and domineering, insisting on taking in lodger Albert Tuggridge after Jess loses his job, which leads to a heated argument.

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

Jess's wife, who dotes on Leonard and supports the idea of Albert lodging with them.

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

Jess's wife, who attends chapel and is distant during the gloomy weekend.

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

Angry and unsympathetic after Jess loses his job; insists on Albert Tuggridge lodging with them and later scoffs at Jess's departure.

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

Jess's wife, who is critically ill in the infirmary after an operation, having hidden her symptoms.

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

Lying in the Infirmary, gravely ill; speaks with difficulty and dies by the end of the chapter.

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