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179 180 180 181 181 182 182 183 185 186 188 188 CONTENTS xi 189 190 190 191 192 192 193 194 198 198 199 199 200 200 201 202 204 205 206 206 206 207 208 208 209 210 212 213 215 216 216 216 217 218 220 220 221 221 Restif Laclos Bernardin de Saint-Pierre Sade Conclusion Enlightenment and Revolution Pre-Romanticism Literature and the Revolution (1789–99) 5 THE NINETEENTH CENTURY Introduction Writers and Their Public Language Literacy The reading public Censorship Rights and rewards Market forces