Catherine Anne Warfield met with strong reception. After the Civil War, Warfield published eight more novels, all under her own name. The two most popular were "Ferne Fleming" (1877) and its sequel "The Cardinal's Daughter" (1877); however, no work gained the same degree of success as her first novel. She died in 1877. Walker Percy's novel "Lancelot" bears a resemblance to "The Household of Bouverie." Despite Walker's disclaimer, both the Percy biographer Bertram Wyatt-Brown and his nephew William Armstrong Percy, III believe that he based the novel, so different from his others, on his predecessor's work. Catherine Anne Warfield Catherine Anne Warfield (née
Anne of Windy Poplars on her mood. She worships Anne and Anne, in turn, loves and cares for Elizabeth. Anne tries to find ways to bring joy to Elizabeth's life. Aunt Chatty/Charlotte MacLean Aunt Kate/Kate McComber Katherine Brooks - The Vice Principal of Summerside High. She resents Anne because she believes that she should have been offered the job as Principal. Katherine is sarcastic and bitter, but a good teacher. As a child, she was orphaned and raised by her uncle. She feels the need to repay her uncle every cent he spent in raising her, so she lives a joyless and miserly life.