# Uncle Anselmo — The Purple Land character guide

> Uncle Anselmo in The Purple Land by W. H. Hudson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Anselmo

**First appearance:** 0017-xvi-romance-of-the-white-flower

## Who they are

Elderly local who offers wisdom and shelter.

## Relationships

### [Margarita](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/characters/margarita)

_family_

Margarita is cared for by her Uncle Anselmo, who acts as a stern but loving guardian.

## In the story

### [VII: Love of the Beautiful](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/vii-love-of-the-beautiful)

A gaucho with black hair and moustache, wearing silver ornaments, who arrives in the evening and is a great talker about horses.

### [VIII: Manuel, Also Called the Fox](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/viii-manuel-also-called-the-fox)

The primary storyteller of the chapter, who narrates his purchase of horses from Manuel the Fox and his love of gin.

### [IX: The Botanist and the Simple Native](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_purple_land_se/chapters/ix-the-botanist-and-the-simple-native)

Departs early in the morning; described as a spinner of interminable yarns.

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