6CHAPTER IV. THE BEGINNINGS OF PROSE FICTION
25CHAPTER IV. BEYLE AND BALZAC
7CHAPTER V. THE BEGINNINGS OF PROSE FICTION
26CHAPTER V. GEORGE SAND
8CHAPTER VI. RABELAIS
27CHAPTER VI. THE NOVEL OF STYLE—GAUTIER, MÉRIMÉE, GÉRARD DE NERVAL, MUSSET, VIGNY (pt. 1)
9CHAPTER VII. THE SUCCESSORS OF RABELAIS AND THE INFLUENCE OF THE "AMADIS" ROMANCES
28CHAPTER VI. THE NOVEL OF STYLE—GAUTIER, MÉRIMÉE, GÉRARD DE NERVAL, MUSSET, VIGNY (pt. 2)
10CHAPTER VIII. THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL—I (pt. 1)
29CHAPTER VII. THE MINORS OF 1830
11CHAPTER VIII. THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL—I (pt. 2)
30CHAPTER VIII. DUMAS THE ELDER
12CHAPTER VIII. THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL—I (pt. 3)
31CHAPTER IX. THE FRENCH NOVEL IN 1850
13CHAPTER IX. THE SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NOVEL—II
32CHAPTER X. THE FRENCH NOVEL IN 1850
14CHAPTER X. LESAGE, MARIVAUX, PRÉVOST, CRÉBILLON
33CHAPTER XI. GUSTAVE FLAUBERT
15CHAPTER XI. THE PHILOSOPHE NOVEL
34CHAPTER XII. THE OTHER "NON-NATURALS" OF THE SECOND EMPIRE
16CHAPTER XII. "SENSIBILITY." MINOR AND LATER NOVELISTS.
35CHAPTER XIII. NATURALISM—THE GONCOURTS, ZOLA, AND MAUPASSANT
17APPENDICES. CHRONOLOGICAL CONSPECTUS OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS OF FRENCH FICTION NOTICED IN THIS VOLUME
36CHAPTER XIV. OTHER NOVELISTS OF 1870–1900
18BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
37CONCLUSION
19PREFACE
38APPENDIX. DATES OF PUBLICATION OF NOVELS ARRANGED UNDER AUTHOR'S NAMES IN THE ORDER OF NOTICE HERE
