# Mrs Purefoy — Ulysses character guide

> Mrs Purefoy in Ulysses by James Joyce.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Poor Mrs Purefoy, Mrs Purefoy, the Poor, Mina Purefoy, Mrs Mina Purefoy, Mary

**First appearance:** 0014-xiii

## Who they are

A woman in prolonged labor at the maternity hospital.

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