# Monsieur Bourais — Short Fiction character guide

> Monsieur Bourais in Short Fiction by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bourais

**First appearance:** 0005-a-simple-soul

## Who they are

A lawyer and friend of Madame Aubain who manages her affairs.

## Relationships

### [Madame Aubain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_22_se/characters/madame_aubain)

_professional_

Monsieur Bourais manages legal and financial affairs for Madame Aubain, acting as her trusted advisor.

## In the story

### [I: The Curse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_22_se/chapters/i-the-curse)

Not present in this chapter.

### [II: The Crime](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_22_se/chapters/ii-the-crime)

Not present in this chapter.

### [II: The Heroine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_22_se/chapters/ii-the-heroine)

Retired lawyer who manages Madame Aubain's estates and gives the children an engraved geography.

### [III: Death](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_22_se/chapters/iii-death)

Present at Virginia's first communion and later at her funeral procession.

### [IV: The Bird](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_22_se/chapters/iv-the-bird)

Dies in an inn under suspicious circumstances (rumored suicide); later discovered to have embezzled from Madame Aubain.

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