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A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 / To the Close of the 19th Century

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The volume surveys the development of the French novel across the nineteenth century through critical portraits of major and lesser novelists, tracing shifts between romanticism, realism, naturalism, and popular sensation. It combines historical overview, aesthetic commentary, and selective close readings to illuminate authors' approaches to character, narrative method, and social themes, with sustained attention to figures from Chateaubriand and Stendhal to Balzac, Hugo, Dumas, Flaubert, Zola, Mérimée, and Maupassant. The tone balances judgment and impression, notes methodological limits in treating contemporary work, and emphasizes literary evolution rather than exhaustive documentation.

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