# Aunt Marcia — The Cords of Vanity character guide

> Aunt Marcia in The Cords of Vanity by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0005-i-writing

## Who they are

The narrator's aunt, a kind and conventional woman.

## In the story

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

The narrator's mother (stepmother) gives him advice and approves of the trip with Charteris.

### [He Spends an Afternoon in Arden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/xviii-he-spends-an-afternoon-in-arden)

Rosalind's aunt, described as a portly, acidulous, and discomposing person with extreme views on ineligibles, who influences Rosalind's decisions.

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

Mentioned as the chief of Rosalind's three aunts, a portly, acidulous philanthropist with extreme views on ineligibles, representing familial pressure.

### [He Plays the Improvident Fool](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/xix-he-plays-the-improvident-fool)

Rosalind's aunt, who hosts her in Lichfield and later spreads gossip about the broken engagement.

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

Rosalind's aunt, whom she visits in Lichfield.

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

Her parlor is the setting, filled with excessive Victorian bric-a-brac; she thumps the floor with a poker at eleven o'clock.

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

Mentioned as Rosalind's aunt, whose parlour is the setting for the conversation; Rosalind references her at the end.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/vii)

Inserts a paragraph in the newspaper and spreads explanations about the broken engagement.

### [XX: He Dines Out, Impeded by Superstitions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cords_of_vanity_se/chapters/xx-he-dines-out-impeded-by-superstitions)

The narrator's aunt, seated nearby and listening to his conversation with Elena.

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