# Irma — Where Angels Fear to Tread character guide

> Irma in Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** little Irma

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

Lilia's young daughter from her first marriage, left in England.

## Relationships

### [Mrs. Herriton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/mrs_herriton)

_family_

Irma is Mrs. Herriton's granddaughter, and Mrs. Herriton treats her as a possession to be molded in the family's image.

### [Philip Herriton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/philip_herriton)

_family_

Irma is Philip's niece, and their relationship is distant and formal, with Philip showing little genuine affection for her.

### [Lilia Theobald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/lilia_theobald)

_family_

Irma is Lilia's daughter, but their bond is weak due to Lilia's abandonment and Irma's upbringing by the Herritons.

### [Harriet Herriton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/harriet_herriton)

_family_

Harriet is Irma's aunt, and she treats Irma with cold, authoritarian discipline, seeing her as a project rather than a child.

### [Philip Herriton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/philip_herriton)

_family_

Irma is Philip's niece, and their relationship is distant and formal, with Philip showing little genuine affection for her.

### [Harriet Herriton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/harriet_herriton)

_family_

Harriet is Irma's aunt, and she treats Irma with cold, authoritarian discipline, seeing her as a project rather than a child.

### [Mrs. Herriton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/mrs_herriton)

_family_

Irma is Mrs. Herriton's granddaughter, and Mrs. Herriton treats her as a possession to be molded in the family's image.

### [Lilia Theobald](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/lilia_theobald)

_family_

Irma is Lilia's daughter, but their bond is weak due to Lilia's abandonment and Irma's upbringing by the Herritons.

### [Harriet Herriton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/harriet_herriton)

_family_

Harriet is Irma's aunt, and she treats Irma with cold, authoritarian discipline, seeing her as a project rather than a child.

### [Philip Herriton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/where_angels_fear_to_tread_se/characters/philip_herriton)

_family_

Irma is Philip's niece, and their relationship is distant and formal, with Philip showing little genuine affection for her.

## In the story

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

Irma is Lilia's young daughter, who bids her mother goodbye and is left in Mrs. Herriton's care.

## Links

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