# Anne Charteris — The Cords of Vanity character guide

> Anne Charteris in The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anne, Charteris

**First appearance:** 0010-i-he-sits-out-a-dance

## Who they are

John Charteris's wife, a quiet and supportive presence.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Anne is a woman courted by the narrator, with a relationship that involves romantic interest and pursuit.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Anne is a woman courted by the narrator, with a relationship that involves romantic interest and pursuit.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_romantic_

Anne is a woman courted by the narrator, with a relationship that involves romantic interest and pursuit.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/iii)

Noted as different from the others, yet she also finds the narrator divertingly naive.

### [He Duels with a Stupid Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/viii-he-duels-with-a-stupid-woman)

Mentioned as a good woman who used to know Amelia.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as a good woman who used to know Elena; the narrator suggests going to her for help.

### [XI: He Postures Among Chimney-Pots](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/xi-he-postures-among-chimney-pots)

Anne exclaims at the narrator's dissipated appearance and rushes on to Paris for shopping.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/i)

Anne Charteris greets the narrator with an exclamation about his dissipated look.

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

Mentioned as not yet arrived in Fairhaven; she is said to have wept and chuckled over the narrator's books.

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

Mentioned as ethically incapable of letting a week pass without eating roast mutton.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as Charteris's wife, whom he has utilized and made happy.

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