There are, however, only two known copies in French prose, of which this is one.

HE wrote too much, and has always been accused - by the guardians of the purity of French prose - of writing badly.

Short, staccato, like modern French prose.

He wrote magnificent French prose, and had a sharp eye for the sensational.

His first two tragedies, Filippo and Polinice, were originally written in French prose.

F. D. Dehèque's 1863 translation was in French prose.

Yet French prose is distinctly better than English; and French verse, above all while Hugo lives, it will not do to place upon one side.

Paradise Lost is translated into French prose by Louis Racine.

Pascal's Pensées is widely considered to be a masterpiece, and a landmark in French prose.

Will Durant hailed it as "the most eloquent book in French prose."