Gustave FLAUBERT goes out of his way for his friend Louis BOUILHET.

Gustave Flaubert (1821.1880)

Autograph ticket signed to Michel Lévy.

One page in-12° on blue paper.

Slnd [January 1858]

Unpublished letter to the Pléiade correspondence.

Flaubert struggles to publicize the tragedy of his friend Louis Bouilhet, Hélène Peyron.

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“Have you thought about Bouilhet’s (Hélène Peyron) advertisement for the intermission [theater review-program] ?

Dennery positively refused. A thousand handshakes. Gve ^Flaubert . »

Flaubert had decided, faced with the discouragement of Louis Bouilhet, to defend and promote the dramatic play of his friend, Hélène Peyron , which would be performed at the Odéon on November 11, 1858.

This note follows his initial request to Lévy, dated December 24, 1857:

“ My dear Michel, Can you (and even if you cannot, do it!) insert in the intermission the following paragraph: “The new play by Mr Louis Bouilhet, Hélène Peyron , comedy in five acts and in verse, was read last Saturday at the Odéon. It will be put to study immediately. » This is important because several small newspapers have announced that it will not be performed this year. No news from Dennery so far. »