# Hivert — Madame Bovary character guide

> Hivert in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0012-part-ii-ii

## Who they are

The coachman who drives the Hirondelle between Rouen and Yonville.

## In the story

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

The coachman of the Hirondelle. He is delayed on the route to Yonville because Emma Bovary's greyhound ran away.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/madame_bovary_se/chapters/part-iii-v)

Drives the Hirondelle to Rouen, picking up passengers along the way. His interactions with Mère Lefrançois and the blind man show his routine brutality.

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