Heroic Romances - Major French Works

Major French Works

  • Ariane (1632) by Desmarets de Saint-Sorlin
  • Cassandre (1642–1645), Cleopátre (1647), and Faramond (1661) by Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède
  • Ibrahim, ou l'Illustre Bassa (1641), Le Grand Cyrus (1648–1653), and Clélie (1649–1654) by Georges de Scudéry and Madeleine de Scudéry

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