CHAPTER IX. The Seventeenth-Century Novel--Ii. 274

THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL--II. 274

From "Francion" to "La Princesse de Clèves"--Anthony Hamilton.

The material of the chapter--Sorel and Francion--The Berger Extravagant and Polyandre--Scarron and the Roman Comique--The opening scene of this--Furetière and the Roman Bourgeois--Nicodème takes Javotte home from church--Cyrano de Bergerac and his Voyages--Mme. de la Fayette and La Princesse de Clèves--Its central scene--Hamilton and the Nymph--The opening of Fleur d'Épine--Les Quatre Facardins.