# Mamselle Marie — The Story of Gösta Berling character guide

> Mamselle Marie in The Story of Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** XIII Mamselle Marie

**First appearance:** 0017-part-i-xiii-mamselle-marie

## Snapshot

The long-suffering housekeeper of Ekeby, who feeds and scolds the cavaliers, holds the household together, and knows every secret they think they are hiding.

## Who they are

Mamselle Marie runs the practical life of Ekeby while the pensioners drink and philosophize, and her sharp tongue is matched only by her stubborn devotion to the men she serves. She has seen too much to be shocked by anything, yet she keeps a tender spot for the young and the broken, including the desperate Gösta Berling. She matters because she is the novel's quiet witness, the woman who outlasts the revels and remembers what the cavaliers forget.

## In the story

### [XIII: Mamselle Marie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-i-xiii-mamselle-marie)

An old maid living at Madame Moreus' inn; falls in love with a young organ-builder and later becomes the victim of Countess Märta's cruel mimicry.

### [I: Cousin Christopher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_g_sta_berling_se/chapters/part-ii-i-cousin-christopher)

Her knitted curtains are used by Countess Märta as a penance and a subject of mockery.

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