Veronique Delphine Delamare (1822-1848), born Couturier, was a French housewife. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. She committed suicide by taking prussic acid (known today as cyanide). Hydrogen cyanide is a Chemical compound with Chemical formula HCN A cyanide is any Chemical compound that contains the cyano group (C≡N which consists of a Carbon Atom triple-bonded to a Delamare's adulterous affairs were the inspiration for the character of Emma Bovary in Gustave Flaubert's "Madame Bovary" in 1857. Gustave Flaubert (gystaːv flobɛːʁ in French ( December 12, 1821 &ndash May 8, 1880) was a French writer who is counted among Madame Bovary is a Novel by Gustave Flaubert, who was attacked for obscenity by public prosecutors when it was first serialized in La Revue de The article of 1848 in the 'Journal de Rouen' told about Doctor Delamares wifes death in the village of Ry near Rouen, where the house of the Delamares and the tombstone of Delphine Delamare is still to be seen.