Mrs. Wilmot is a fan of Austen Heller’s writings and wants to hire Roark to build a country house for her only because he is Heller’s architect. She has never seen the Heller house and knows nothing about Roark’s work. She tells him to build her a house in the Elizabethan style because her friends say it will suit her. Roark refuses to work for her and thinks of her as “a shell containing the opinions of her friends.”
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Mrs. Wayne Wilmot Character Timeline in The Fountainhead
The timeline below shows where the character Mrs. Wayne Wilmot appears in The Fountainhead. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1: Chapter 13
Mrs. Wayne Wilmot is a fan of Austen Heller’s and approaches Roark in February, saying she wants him...
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