# Octave de Camps — Shorts from Scenes from Private Life character guide

> Octave de Camps in Shorts from Scenes from Private Life by Honoré de Balzac.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Octave, Monsieur Octave de Camps, Monsieur de Camps

**First appearance:** 0006-madame-firmiani

## Who they are

A young man who marries a woman with a hidden past.

## In the story

### [Madame Firmiani](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shorts_from_scenes_from_private_life_se/chapters/madame-firmiani)

Nephew of Monsieur de Bourbonne, rumored to have dissipated his fortune for Madame Firmiani and to be reduced to giving mathematics lessons. His relationship with Madame Firmiani is central to the plot.

### [Honorine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/shorts_from_scenes_from_private_life_se/chapters/honorine)

Comte Octave, the master of the decaying mansion; a cautious and statesmanlike figure.

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