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Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- I. SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE MORALISTES: MONTAIGNE, DESCARTES, RETZ -- II. SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL IN THE MORALISTES NICOLE, LA ROCHEFOUCAULD -- III. THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY NOVEL: HISTORY AND ROMANCE AS SOCIAL SYMBOLS -- IV. THE SOCIAL COMPROMISE IN THE PRINCESSE DE CLEVES AGITATION SANS DÉSORDRE -- V. THE SOCIAL COMPROMISE IN THE PRINCESSE DE CLEVES (CONT.): REWARDS, CONSTRAINTS, AND EVASIONS -- VI. THE FAILURE OF THE SOCIAL COMPROMISE -- VII. MME DE LAFAYETTE'S SOCIAL VISION -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- Backmatter