Amélie Bosquet's letters reveal a flirtatious yet platonic friendship with Gustave Flaubert, abruptly ending after her feminist criticism of his 1869 novel "Sentimental Education."
The phrase "Madame Bovary, c'est moi," often associated with Flaubert, may be apocryphal, originating in a 1909 footnote by scholar René Descharmes.
Bosquet, an underappreciated novelist and feminist, significantly impacted Flaubert's thoughts, demonstrating the complexities of their literary and personal relationship.
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