# Madame de Sommervieux — Shorts from Scenes from Private Life character guide

> Madame de Sommervieux in Shorts from Scenes from Private Life by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sommervieux

**First appearance:** 0002-at-the-sign-of-the-cat-and-racket

## Who they are

The wife of the painter Sommervieux.

## In the story

### [At the Sign of the Cat and Racket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shorts_from_scenes_from_private_life_se/chapters/at-the-sign-of-the-cat-and-racket)

Augustine's married name, reflecting her identity as the painter's wife, though she is referred to as Augustine in the narrative.

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