# Aunt Ann Forsyte — The Forsyte Saga character guide

> Aunt Ann Forsyte in The Forsyte Saga by John Galsworthy.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Aunt Ann, Ann, Anna, Miss Ann Forsyte

**First appearance:** 0006-part-i-i-at-home-at-old-jolyon-s

## Snapshot

The eldest Forsyte aunt, a dignified, fading figure whose inflexible back and calm old face personify the family's rigid possessiveness.

## Who they are

Aunt Ann is the senior aunt, seldom leaving her corner of Timothy's green drawing-room, where she sits reading and knitting among the effigies of three generations. Her dignity and her immovable presence embody the family idea itself, the tenacity that holds the Forsytes together. When she is gone, the family begins coming more often to The Bower, and her absence quietly shifts the clan's centre of gravity.

## In the story

### [The Forsyte Saga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/the-forsyte-saga)

The elderly matriarch whose home serves as the setting for the family gathering.

### [James at Large](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-vi-james-at-large)

Ill and bedridden; hears the news about the house and expresses cautious hope.

### [Death of Aunt Ann](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-ix-death-of-aunt-ann)

Dies in her sleep at the end of September; the family gathers for her funeral.

### [The Mausoleum](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_forsyte_saga_se/chapters/part-i-iv-the-mausoleum)

Remembered fondly by Soames as a fine old lady with a grave aquiline smile.

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