JEAN DE MEUNG 22 GEOFFREY CHAUCER 38 GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO 44 ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE 60 SIR PHILIP SIDNEY 84 MIGUEL DE CERVANTES SAAVEDRA 96 RICHARD STEELE AND JOSEPH ADDISON 114 JOHN BUNYAN 126 DANIEL DEFOE 132 SAMUEL RICHARDSON 140 FANNY BURNEY 146 JANE AUSTEN 150 HENRY FIELDING 156 TOBIAS SMOLLETT 166 JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU 176 FRANÇOIS RENÉ DE CHATEAUBRIAND 180 SIR WALTER SCOTT 188 VICTOR HUGO 202 ALEXANDRE DUMAS 210 HONORÉ DE BALZAC 218 THÉOPHILE GAUTIER 236 WILLIAM GODWIN 244 EDGAR ALLAN POE 250 NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE 258 PROSPER MÉRIMÉE 274 GUSTAVE FLAUBERT 288 GUY DE MAUPASSANT 300 PART I ORIGINS ORIGINS [Story-telling outside books.]