# Mademoiselle Lempereur — Madame Bovary character guide

> Mademoiselle Lempereur in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mademoiselle Lempereur

**First appearance:** 0027-part-iii-ii

## Who they are

A music teacher in Rouen whom Emma falsely claims as her piano instructor.

## In the story

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

Mentioned as Emma's alleged music teacher; Charles's discovery that she does not know Emma creates a crisis for the affair's cover story.

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