History and Fiction
Theophile Gautier in Mademoiselle de Maupin (which I have not read, but I got this quote from a description of it ages ago):
"Helas, Les femmes n'ont lu que le roman de l'homme et jamais son histoire." Which can be translated observing that women have only read the novel of mankind and not the history.
"Helas, Les femmes n'ont lu que le roman de l'homme et jamais son histoire." Which can be translated observing that women have only read the novel of mankind and not the history.