# Carleon Anthony — Chance character guide

> Carleon Anthony in Chance by Joseph Conrad.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** The late Carleon Anthony, Anthony

**First appearance:** 0012-part-ii-the-knight

## Who they are

Father of Captain Anthony, a famous poet mentioned in the narrative.

## Relationships

### [Flora de Barral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/chance_se/characters/flora_de_barral)

_family_

Carleon Anthony is Flora's father-in-law, a distant and disapproving patriarch who never fully accepts her.

### [Flora de Barral](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/chance_se/characters/flora_de_barral)

_family_

Carleon Anthony is Flora's father-in-law, a distant and disapproving patriarch who never fully accepts her.

## In the story

### [II: The Fynes and the Girlfriend](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/chance_se/chapters/ii-the-fynes-and-the-girlfriend)

The late poet, father of Captain Anthony and Mrs. Fyne, described as a domestic tyrant with a primitive temperament.

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