# Madame Moreau — Sentimental Education character guide

> Madame Moreau in Sentimental Education by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Madame, young Moreau

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

## Who they are

Frederick's mother, who lives in Nogent and worries about his future.

## In the story

### [Or, The History of a Young Man](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sentimental_education_se/chapters/or-the-history-of-a-young-man-by-gustave-flaubert)

Frederick's mother, who appears in the domestic setting of his return.

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

Frederick's mother, who awaits his return in Nogent-sur-Seine.

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

Frederick's mother, who greets him upon his return and discusses family matters.

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

Madame Moreau is mentioned as disapproving of Deslauriers, suspecting him of leading Frederick astray. She tries to monitor their friendship.

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

She tries to persuade Frederick to stay in Nogent, expresses her loneliness, and later regrets involving her brother-in-law.

### [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)

Advises Frederick to settle in Troyes, but is swayed by his ambition and her own dreams.

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