The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel from 1800 to the Present

Cambridge University Press have recently added another title to their Cambridge Companions to Literature series in the form of The Cambridge Companion to the French Novel from 1800 to the Present, which is edited by Professor Timothy Unwin. The work is a collection of essays by 14 of the world’s leading experts on the French novel. Indeed, the majority of contributors are university professors and all hold posts in leading British, Irish, Australian or North American university French departments.

The Companion to the French Novel is not intended as a comprehensive manual to the novel in the period but...