A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
CHAPTER VIII
DUMAS THE ELDER 323
The case of Dumas--Charge and discharge--Morality--Plagiarism and devilling--The collaborators?--The positive value as fiction and as literature of the books: the less worthy works--The worthier: treatment of them not so much individually as under heads--His attitude to plot--To character--To description (and "style")--To conversation.