# Miss Brownell — Emily of New Moon character guide

> Miss Brownell in Emily of New Moon by L. M. Montgomery.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Miss Emily, Miss Brownell Emily

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-a-watch-in-the-night

## Snapshot

The sharp-tongued schoolteacher who singles Emily out for humiliation, turning the classroom into a battlefield of wills and wounded pride.

## Who they are

Miss Brownell is the kind of teacher who mistakes cruelty for discipline, and she takes an immediate, personal dislike to Emily's imaginative independence. Her public humiliations drive Emily into a private anguish that Aunt Elizabeth's own anger only deepens, leaving the child sleepless and heartsick. She matters because she is the first adult outside the family to test Emily's spirit—and because her pettiness teaches Emily something about the cost of being different.

## In the story

### [Trial by Fire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/viii-trial-by-fire)

The cold, strict teacher at Blair Water School. She punishes Emily for perceived impertinence and maintains a hostile atmosphere.

### [A Special Providence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/ix-a-special-providence)

Miss Brownell slaps Emily for her enthusiastic interruption during the reading of 'Bugle Song,' showing her strict and cold demeanor.

### [Check for Miss Brownell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emily_of_new_moon_se/chapters/xvi-check-for-miss-brownell)

Miss Brownell catches Emily writing poetry, reads her poem aloud with mockery, and reports her to Aunt Elizabeth.

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