# Miss Sarah Vodrey — Anna of the Five Towns character guide

> Miss Sarah Vodrey in Anna of the Five Towns by Arnold Bennett.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sarah Vodrey, Miss Vodrey, old Sarah Vodrey

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-the-birthday

## Who they are

An elderly spinster and friend of the Tellwrights.

## Relationships

### [Willie Price](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_of_the_five_towns_se/characters/willie_price)

_family_

Miss Sarah Vodrey is Willie's aunt and housekeeper, caring for him with anxious devotion as his life unravels.

### [Anna Tellwright](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_of_the_five_towns_se/characters/anna_tellwright)

_social_

Anna knows Miss Vodrey as a neighbor and Willie's aunt, interacting with her in the context of Willie's troubles.

### [Anna Tellwright](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_of_the_five_towns_se/characters/anna_tellwright)

_social_

Anna knows Miss Vodrey as a neighbor and Willie's aunt, interacting with her in the context of Willie's troubles.

### [Willie Price](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_of_the_five_towns_se/characters/willie_price)

_family_

Miss Sarah Vodrey is Willie's aunt and housekeeper, caring for him with anxious devotion as his life unravels.

### [Willie Price](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_of_the_five_towns_se/characters/willie_price)

_family_

Miss Sarah Vodrey is Willie's aunt and housekeeper, caring for him with anxious devotion as his life unravels.

## In the story

### [VI: Willie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_of_the_five_towns_se/chapters/vi-willie)

Sarah Vodrey is present at the prayer meeting and prays aloud, providing a contrast to Anna's silence and discomfort.

### [At the Priory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/anna_of_the_five_towns_se/chapters/xii-at-the-priory)

Miss Vodrey is gravely ill with pericarditis and pleurisy, and Anna nurses her in her final hours at the Priory.

## Links

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