A History of English Prose Fiction

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CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. THE ROMANCE OF CHIVALRY
CHAPTER II. CHAUCER, TALES OF THE YEOMANRY, SIR T. MORE'S "UTOPIA"
CHAPTER III. THE AGE OF ELIZABETH. LYLY, GREENE, LODGE, SIDNEY
CHAPTER IV. THE PURITANS, "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS"
CHAPTER V. THE RESTORATION. ROGER BOYLE, MRS. MANLEY, MRS. BEHN
CHAPTER VI. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. SWIFT, ADDISON, DEFOE, RICHARDSON, FIELDING, SMOLLETT
CHAPTER VII. THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY CONTINUED. STERNE, JOHNSON, GOLDSMITH, AND OTHERS. MISS BURNEY AND THE FEMALE NOVELISTS. THE ROMANTIC REVIVAL
CHAPTER VIII. THE NOVEL IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. THE NOVEL OF LIFE AND MANNERS. OF SCOTCH LIFE. OF IRISH LIFE. OF ENGLISH LIFE. OF AMERICAN LIFE. THE HISTORICAL NOVEL. THE NOVEL OF PURPOSE. THE NOVEL OF FANCY. USE AND ABUSE OF FICTION