Quotes from Madeleine de Scudéry's books, and about them
Twenty Years After on Artamène, ou le Grand Cyrus: “Monsieur de Scudéry, the author of ‘Clélie,’ and of ‘Le Grand Cyrus,’ which were composed partly by him and partly by his sister”
Waverley on Artamène, ou le Grand Cyrus: “It exhibited specimens of every kind, from the romances of chivalry and the ponderous folios of Cyrus and Cassandra, down to the most approved works of later times.”
Twenty Years After on Clélie: “Monsieur de Scudery, the author of ‘Clelie,’ and of ‘Le Grand Cyrus,’ which were composed partly by him and partly by his sister, who is now talking to that pretty person yonder, near Monsieur Scarron.”