Quotes from Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's books, and about them
Paul and Virginia on Telemachus: “Thus, no book gave him so much pleasure as Telemachus, from the pictures it draws of pastoral life, and of the passions which are most natural to the human breast.”
Jude the Obscure on Paul and Virginia: “They remind me of--what are their names--Laon and Cythna. Also of Paul and Virginia a little.”
Madame Bovary on Paul and Virginia: “She had read "Paul and Virginia," and she had dreamed of the little bamboo-house, the nigger Domingo, the dog Fidele, but above all of the sweet friendship of some dear little brother, who seeks red fruit for you on trees taller than steeples, or who runs barefoot over the sand, bringing you a bird's nest.”
Little Dorrit on Paul and Virginia: “…by the whole society of China without setting myself right when I have the opportunity of doing so, and you must be very well aware that there was Paul and Virginia which had to be returned and which was returned without note or comment, not that I mean to say you could have written to me…”
Eight Cousins on Paul and Virginia: “she asked, flitting over the leaves of "Paul and Virginia," that lay on the table.”