# Mademoiselle Bourienne — War and Peace character guide

> Mademoiselle Bourienne in War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bourienne, the smiling Mademoiselle Bourienne

**First appearance:** 0022-xix

## Who they are

A French companion to Princess Márya, whose flirtatious nature causes tension in the Bolkónski household.

## In the story

### [Anatole's Visit to Bald Hills](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/war_and_peace/chapters/iv)

Sees Anatole as her romantic destiny; fantasizes about being seduced and then married by him; actively tries to please him, creating tension.

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