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fiction to 1830 1830–48 The roman libertin Colonial fiction Foreign imports Stendhal Balzac Mérimée Sand 1848–90 The Goncourts Flaubert Zola Maupassant The retreat from Naturalism 1890–1914 Les psychologues Le roman de l’enfance Decadents Le roman de moeurs Short fiction Conclusion The roman feuilleton and the growth of popular fiction 1836–48 1848–70 1870–1900 1900–20 Conclusion xiv 6 CONTENTS THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Writers and Their Public French in the world Language The public The book trade