# Madame Homais — Madame Bovary character guide

> Madame Homais in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** minor

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

## Who they are

The pharmacist's wife and mother of their children.

## In the story

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

Described as the best wife in Normandy, gentle but slow and common. She runs to embrace Emma after the birth.

### [The Fears and Follies of Adultery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/madame_bovary_se/chapters/part-ii-x)

Makes a quiet, pointed inquiry about Emma's child, which adds to Emma's discomfort in the shop.

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