Code Name Verity

Code Name Verity

by

Elizabeth Wein

The Farmer’s Wife Character Analysis

Maddie and Julie meet the farmer’s wife one rainy afternoon when Maddie is trying to teach Julie to navigate. The woman is kind, but almost too kind—she’s more than happy to draw Julie a map to the girls’ destination, which Julie recognizes would have had disastrous consequences if the girls were secretly German invaders.
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The Farmer’s Wife Character Timeline in Code Name Verity

The timeline below shows where the character The Farmer’s Wife appears in Code Name Verity. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1: Ormaie 11.XI.43 JB-S
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...was flat. But they didn’t have to go back—there was a farmhouse ahead, and the farmer’s wife would feed them. Sure enough, the farmer’s wife welcomed Queenie and Maddie into the kitchen.... (full context)
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The farmer’s wife returned with a repair kit, so Maddie fixed the tire. A half-hour later, as she... (full context)
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...story of how and why they ended up here today. When she noted that the farmer’s wife drew Queenie a map, the man and Creighton looked disturbed and asked for the map.... (full context)