# Jacques Arnoux — Sentimental Education character guide

> Jacques Arnoux in Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Arnoux, JACQUES ARNOUX

**First appearance:** 0007-chapter-i

## Snapshot

An art dealer and businessman whose charm, generosity, and loose morals make him both Frederick's mentor and the husband of the woman Frederick loves.

## Who they are

Arnoux presides over a household of artists, children, and shifting finances, and his easy sociability draws the young Frederick into a world of paintings, dinners, and casual betrayals. He is generous and unreliable at once, a man whose lax conduct with women and money quietly wounds those closest to him. His double role as friend and husband creates the central knot of Frederick's sentimental education, forcing the young man to navigate loyalty, desire, and disillusionment in the same house.

## Relationships

### [Frederick Moreau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/characters/frederick_moreau)

_friendship_

Jacques Arnoux is Madame Arnoux's husband and Frederick's friend, though Frederick secretly desires his wife.

### [Frederick Moreau](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/characters/frederick_moreau)

_friendship_

Jacques Arnoux is Madame Arnoux's husband and Frederick's friend, though Frederick secretly desires his wife.

## In the story

### [Sentimental Education](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/sentimental-education)

Husband of Madame Arnoux; a figure of commerce and art, met on the steamboat.

### [CHAPTER I.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/chapter-i)

Madame Arnoux's husband, a man of business and pleasure, who is also on the steamboat.

### [A Promising Pupil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/a-promising-pupil)

Proprietor of L'Art Industriel, who befriends Frederick on the steamboat and invites him to visit.

### [Damon and Pythias](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/damon-and-pythias)

Frederick speaks warmly of Arnoux to Deslauriers, praising his agreeable manner and stories, though he does not mention Madame Arnoux.

### [Sentiment and Passion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/sentiment-and-passion)

Seen at the theater with two women; Frederick visits his shop but receives a cold reception.

### [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/chapter-iv)

Art dealer and friend of Frederick, whose business and social life intertwine with Frederick's new status.

### [The Inexpressible She!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/the-inexpressible-she)

Arnoux is depicted as a sly businessman who manipulates artists and friends, yet remains generous in some ways. He invites Frederick to dinner, revealing his casual attitude towards his wife.

### [Love Knoweth No Laws.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/love-knoweth-no-laws)

Teases Frederick about his lack of a mistress and leaves the gathering to go home to his wife.

### [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/chapter-vi)

Madame Arnoux's husband, a dealer in art and curiosities who welcomes Frederick into his circle.

### [A Change of Fortune](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/a-change-of-fortune)

Now a dealer in faïence; warmly welcomes Frederick and shows him his earthenware works.

### [Chapter: Then she seized him by the ears and kissed him.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/then-she-seized-him-by-the-ears-and-kissed-him)

Shows concern for his wife's health and gratitude toward Frederick, calling him a 'right good fellow.'

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/chapter-ix)

Present during Frederick's visit, involved in business and social affairs.

### [The Friend of the Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/the-friend-of-the-family)

Shows vulgarity and financial irresponsibility; suffers a legal catastrophe from a failed kaolin company, leading to a loss of thirty thousand francs.

## Links

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