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This volume aims to analyze the different representations of the game in French literature of the XIX th century. The richness of the term reveals a great diversity of approaches: from the game considered as the driving force of romantic intrigue or from the game with the literary rules, even that of the author with his audience, through the play of masks, The hoax, the deceit; As well as gambling, the double game with its challenges and risks, up to the character of player, actor, musician. This variety makes it possible to approach the notion of the game from the most diverse angles, evoking the sources, relations and interferences that unveil the many facets of this theme--translation of page 4 of cover by Peter Lang.