Échec romanesque et pouvoir du roman La lecture sentimentale dans Olivier ou le secret de Claire de Duras

By driving its sensitive heroes to failure and death, Olivier ou le secret by Claire de Duras speaks of the incompatibility of the values of the sentimental novel with the social order, while making this the basis of the community of readers it brings together. In the novel, these values define the relationship that the novelist establishes with her readers.