A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800
Chapter 9
THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL--II. 274
_From "Francion" to "La Princesse de Cleves"--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--Furetiere and the _Roman Bourgeois_--Nicodeme takes Javotte home from church--Cyrano de Bergerac and his _Voyages_--Mme. de la Fayette and _La Princesse de Cleves_--Its central scene--Hamilton and the Nymph--The opening of _Fleur d'Epine_--_Les Quatre Facardins_.