The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo: “The author of the "Cid" could not have said "Pierre Corneille" with more pride.”
The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas by Machado de Assis: “VI Chimène, Qui L'eût Dit? Rodrigue, Qui L'eût Cru? (chapter title adapting Corneille's Le Cid)”
Swann's Way by Marcel Proust: “You should insist. Berma in _Phèdre_, in the _Cid_; well, she's only an actress, if you like”
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle by Tobias Smollett: “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.”