# Madame Grégoire — Germinal character guide

> Madame Grégoire in Germinal by Émile Zola.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0008-part-ii-i

## Who they are

M. Grégoire's wife, a bourgeois lady.

## In the story

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/chapters/part-ii-i)

Devoted wife and mother, shares her husband's contentment and indulges their daughter Cécile.

### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/chapters/part-ii-ii)

Observes the charity scene, echoing her husband's views on prudence.

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/germinal_se/chapters/part-iv-i)

Expresses pity for the poor miners but is frightened by the talk of pillaging.

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