Une Fille amoureuse de Pauline Réage: une autofiction avant la lettre?

This article examines Pauline Réage's Une Fille amoureuse, a text that can be categorized as belonging to the vast field of writings on the self. Among the various types of current intimate literature, Une Fille amoureuse is closer to autofiction, a kind of text that has progressively taken over the literary landscape of the 21st century. It was published in 1969, which makes it not only prior to the first conceptualization tentatives that resulted from autofiction, but also prior to the appearance of the very notion of autofiction. This study enquires into the distinctive traits of autofiction present in Une Fille amoureuse, in which Pauline Réage explores the boundaries between novel and autobiography, allowing a feminine voice to unfold as it is revealed by the writing itself.