Note 151 — Chapter VIII
Reading edition
Some reasons will be given later for taking this first—not the least being the juxtaposition with the Astrée. The actual order of the chief "Heroic" authors and books is as follows: Gomberville, La Caritée, 1622; Polexandre, 1632; Citherée, 1640-42. La Calprenède, Cassandre, 1642; Cléopâtre, 1648; Faramond, 1662. Mlle. de Scudéry, Ibrahim, 1641; Artamène, 1649; Clélie, 1656; Almahide, 1660.