# Charles Bovary — Madame Bovary character guide

> Charles Bovary in Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Monsieur Charles Denis Bartolome Bovary, Monsieur Bovary, Madame Charles

**First appearance:** 0001-madame-bovary

## Who they are

Emma's well-meaning but dull husband, a country doctor.

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