substituting

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Many blame what others praise, so, whatever you say, you will not find yourself alone in your views." With La Princesse de Clèves, Mme. de La Fayette created a new kind of fiction, "substituting," says Saintsbury, "for mere romance of adventure on the one hand, and stilted heroic work on the other, fiction in which the display of character is held of chief account."

Madame de (Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne) La Fayette - La Princesse De Clèves par Mme de La Fayette : Edited with Introduction and Notes