Swann's Way on Le Cid: “You should insist. Berma in _Phèdre_, in the _Cid_; well, she's only an actress, if you like”
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle on Le Cid: “The rest of the company proceeded to the arsenal, which having viewed, together with some remarkable churches, they, in their return, went to the comedy, and saw the Cid of Corneille tolerably well represented.”
Contact on Cinna: Chapter epigraph: "—PIERRE CORNEILLE Cinna (1640), Act IV, Scene II"