Mrs. Wilkins

Character Key Number: 
1470
Display Name: 
Mrs. Wilkins
Sort Name: 
Wilkins, Mrs.
Ever Present in Yoknapatawpha?: 
No
Biography: 

In The Unvanquished Mrs. Wilkins and her husband give Bayard a home while he is pursuing a law degree in Oxford, Mississippi. She is a "small" woman whose little gestures ("she just put her hands on my shoulders") reveal her big compassion for Bayard (215).

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