# Aunt Wess — The Pit character guide

> Aunt Wess in The Pit by Frank Norris.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Aunt Wess

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

An elderly relative of the Dearborns, living with them.

## Relationships

### [Laura Dearborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_dearborn)

_family_

Aunt Wess is Laura's elderly aunt, providing a maternal figure and domestic stability in Laura's early life.

### [Laura Dearborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_dearborn)

_family_

Aunt Wess is Laura's elderly aunt, providing a maternal figure and domestic stability in Laura's early life.

### [Laura Dearborn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_pit_se/characters/laura_dearborn)

_family_

Aunt Wess is Laura's elderly aunt, providing a maternal figure and domestic stability in Laura's early life.

## In the story

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

Aunt Wess accompanies the Dearborn sisters and is cautious about social propriety, advising against boldness but ultimately deferring to Laura's judgment.

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

Laura's aunt, a widow living in Chicago, who encourages Laura to move and helps with the new house.

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

Aunt Wess engages in conversation about spiritualism with Cressler and is shocked by Laura's declarations about love and marriage.

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

Attends the wedding, fidgets and counts pews while waiting.

## Links

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