# Old Anna Stina — Short Fiction character guide

> Old Anna Stina in Short Fiction by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anna Stina, a new Anna Stina

**First appearance:** 0040-old-agnete

## Who they are

An elderly woman, possibly a servant or local character.

## In the story

### [The Romance of a Fisherman's Wife](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/the-romance-of-a-fisherman-s-wife)

Börje's mother, a dried-up old widow who built the cottage; she comforts Astrid and reveals her son's lifelong habit of lying.

### [A Fallen King](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/a-fallen-king)

Anna Erikson's daughter, serious and austere, struggles with shame over her father and resists attending his speeches.

### [Uncle Reuben](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/uncle-reuben)

Reuben's sister Berta, who as a child was harshly warned by her mother about the stone steps and later uses the story with her own children.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/v)

The old woman who lives in the forest; Ingrid's refuge, though she is away at the funeral feast.

### [VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_50_se/chapters/vi)

Guides Ingrid through the forest, caring for her and fearing she may be a ghost or near death.

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