# Ann Pullen — The Lady of the Barge character guide

> Ann Pullen in The Lady of the Barge by W. W. Jacobs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Ann, Mrs. Ann Pullen, Mrs. Pullen, Anne

**First appearance:** 0000-the-lady-of-the-barge

## Who they are

A flustered housekeeper whose fumbling fingers and slow reading turn a lawyer's letter into a household crisis, then an unexpected fortune.

## Relationships

### [Major Brill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/major_brill)

_romantic_

Ann is the object of Major Brill's persistent but awkward romantic advances.

### [Old Miller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/old_miller)

_social_

Neighbors who exchange pleasantries and local news.

### [Old Wiggett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/old_wiggett)

_social_

Ann occasionally helps Old Wiggett with small chores.

### [Mr. Tidger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/mr_tidger)

_social_

Ann finds Mr. Tidger's eccentricities amusing but harmless.

### [Major Brill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/major_brill)

_romantic_

Ann is the object of Major Brill's persistent but awkward romantic advances.

### [Mr. Tidger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/mr_tidger)

_social_

Ann finds Mr. Tidger's eccentricities amusing but harmless.

### [Old Miller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/old_miller)

_social_

Neighbors who exchange pleasantries and local news.

### [Old Wiggett](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/old_wiggett)

_social_

Ann occasionally helps Old Wiggett with small chores.

### [Major Brill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/major_brill)

_romantic_

Ann is the object of Major Brill's persistent but awkward romantic advances.

### [Old Miller](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/characters/old_miller)

_social_

Neighbors who exchange pleasantries and local news.

## In the story

### [A Golden Venture](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lady_of_the_barge_se/chapters/a-golden-venture)

The heiress who inherits two thousand pounds, then loses it due to a later will; accepts Mr. Miller's proposal after he thinks she is poor.

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