# Moïna de Saint-Héreen — A Woman of Thirty character guide

> Moïna de Saint-Héreen in A Woman of Thirty by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Little Moïna, Moïna, The Comtesse Moïna de Saint-Héreen, la Comtesse

**First appearance:** 0005-iv-the-finger-of-god

## Who they are

Julie's youngest and most beloved daughter, beautiful and instinctive, whose effortless charm becomes the axis of her mother's late, anxious devotion.

## Relationships

### [Madame de Sérizy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/characters/madame_de_serizy)

_social_

Social acquaintance and occasional mentor figure in aristocratic circles.

### [Madame de Sérizy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/characters/madame_de_serizy)

_social_

Social acquaintance and occasional mentor figure in aristocratic circles.

## In the story

### [Two Meetings](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/v-two-meetings)

Moïna is present during Hélène's final moments, driven by curiosity, and is later told by her mother that a girl cannot find happiness in a romantic life away from her mother.

### [VI: The Old Age of a Guilty Mother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_woman_of_thirty_se/chapters/vi-the-old-age-of-a-guilty-mother)

The daughter who inherits her mother's fortune but treats her with indifference and contempt. She is overcome with guilt after her mother's death.

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