# Madame de La Pérouse — The Counterfeiters character guide

> Madame de La Pérouse in The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** La Pérouse, Madame de La Pérouse, old La Pérouse

**First appearance:** 0015-xiii-edouard-s-journal-first-visit-to-la-p-rouse

## Who they are

The elderly wife of Monsieur de La Pérouse.

## In the story

### [XIII: Edouard’s Journal: First Visit to La Pérouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xiii-edouard-s-journal-first-visit-to-la-p-rouse)

Mentioned as being stone deaf and in a terrible state, causing strain in the household.

### [XVIII: Edouard’s Journal: Second Visit to La Pérouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/xviii-edouard-s-journal-second-visit-to-la-p-rouse)

Opens the door for Edouard; complains bitterly about her husband; described as harpy-like and hypocritical.

### [III: Edouard’s Journal: Third Visit to La Pérouse](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/chapters/iii-edouard-s-journal-third-visit-to-la-p-rouse)

Mentioned as having been placed in a home; she burnt La Pérouse's brother's letters out of jealousy.

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