# Mamzelle Fleurette — Short Fiction character guide

> Mamzelle Fleurette in Short Fiction by Kate Chopin.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** II Mamzelle Fleurette

**First appearance:** 0060-regret

## Who they are

A spinster shopkeeper who keeps a small notion store and a quieter devotion, watching a radical young locksmith pass her counter each afternoon.

## Relationships

### [Lacodie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/lacodie)

_friendship_

Lacodie is a loyal and protective friend to the elderly Mamzelle Fleurette, assisting her in daily life.

### [Polydore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/polydore)

_family_

Polydore is the nephew of Mamzelle Fleurette, and their relationship is marked by his neglect and her disappointment.

### [Polydore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/polydore)

_family_

Polydore is the nephew of Mamzelle Fleurette, and their relationship is marked by his neglect and her disappointment.

### [Lacodie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/lacodie)

_friendship_

Lacodie is a loyal and protective friend to the elderly Mamzelle Fleurette, assisting her in daily life.

### [Lacodie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/characters/lacodie)

_friendship_

Lacodie is a loyal and protective friend to the elderly Mamzelle Fleurette, assisting her in daily life.

## In the story

### [A Sentimental Soul](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/a-sentimental-soul)

The central character, whose sentimental nature drives the chapter's emotional depth.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/i)

The protagonist, a lonely shopkeeper who discovers her love for Lacodie and battles with guilt over her sinful feelings.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/ii)

Confesses her love for Lacodie to Father Fochelle, hides his picture, and devises a plan to avoid him.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/iii)

Struggles with her love for Lacodie, visits him during his illness, and is forbidden by Father Fochelle from attending the funeral or holding him in tender remembrance.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_33_se/chapters/iv)

Observes Augustine's marriage, experiences a moral crisis, skips confession to a new priest, and honors Lacodie's memory by framing his picture.

## Links

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