# Louise Roque — Sentimental Education character guide

> Louise Roque in Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Elisabeth Olympe Louise Roque, Roque, little Louise

**First appearance:** 0015-chapter-v

## Snapshot

A provincial girl from Nogent whose earnest, unguarded love for Frederick follows him out of the countryside and into the complications of his Parisian life.

## Who they are

Louise grows up in the house next to the Moreaus, and her childhood attachment to Frederick deepens into a serious, almost painful devotion. Where Madame Arnoux represents an unattainable ideal, Louise offers a real and available affection that Frederick repeatedly fails to take seriously. Her presence in the early and middle chapters keeps the provincial world alive in the novel, reminding the reader of the simpler life Frederick keeps abandoning in pursuit of grander illusions.

## In the story

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

Monsieur Roque's little girl, who is eagerly awaiting Frederick's return.

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

The young girl who has grown up and catches Frederick's attention in Nogent.

### [Blighted Hopes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/blighted-hopes)

Mentioned as growing tall; the intimacy between the families breaks off.

### [Laugh then! shed no more tears! be happy!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/laugh-then-shed-no-more-tears-be-happy)

In mourning for her mother, bids a passionate farewell to Frederick.

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