# Mrs. Chelifer — Those Barren Leaves character guide

> Mrs. Chelifer in Those Barren Leaves by Aldous Huxley.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0011-i

## Who they are

Francis Chelifer's mother, mentioned in his autobiography.

## In the story

### [Part II: Fragments from the Autobiography of Francis Chelifer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/those_barren_leaves_se/chapters/part-ii-fragments-from-the-autobiography-of-francis-chelifer)

Francis's mother, a pretentious literary hostess who aspires to be a poet.

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

Mentioned as the mother who preserved Chelifer's early poem and relics.

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

Mentioned as Chelifer's mother, involved in social service and morris dancing in her garden.

### [Mrs. Chelifer's Arrival](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/those_barren_leaves_se/chapters/x)

Arrives at the palace; forms a protective bond with Grace Elver; mourns the loss of her Oxford home and her charitable work.

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

Gently intervenes to prevent Miss Elver from overeating, and wipes chocolate from her hand.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/those_barren_leaves_se/chapters/viii)

Seen in Rome lowering milk to cats in Trajan's Forum, adhering to her vegetarian principles.

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