"[T]he novelist’s reply, a masterpiece of withering irony," referenced in the article: http://flaubert.univ-rouen.fr/jet/public/correspondance/trans.php?corpus

"[T]he novelist’s reply, a masterpiece of withering irony," referenced in the article: http://flaubert.univ-rouen.fr/jet/public/correspondance/trans.php?corpus=correspondance&id=10689 http://flaubert.univ-rouen.fr/jet/public/correspondance/tran... In French, but google translate is surprisingly adequate.