# The Widow — The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. character guide

> The Widow in The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0014-the-widow-and-her-son

## Who they are

A grieving mother who loses her son at sea.

## In the story

### [The Widow and Her Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sketchbook_of_geoffrey_crayon_gent_se/chapters/the-widow-and-her-son)

A poor, elderly woman who loses her only son, George Somers, and is the central figure of the chapter's pathos.

### [The Pride of the Village](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_sketchbook_of_geoffrey_crayon_gent_se/chapters/the-pride-of-the-village)

The mother of the deceased, who mourns deeply and is unable to be comforted.

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