Francis, Richard A.. 1987. Review of J.-P. Sermain, Rhétorique et roman au dix-huitième siècle: L'Exemple de Prévost et de Marivaux (1728-1742), in Modern Language Review, 82.2, p. 477, doi:10.2307/3728479

Francis, Richard A.. 1988. Review of P. E. J. Robinson, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre: 'Paul et Virginie', in Modern Language Review, 83.2, pp. 455–56, doi:10.2307/3731733

Francis, Richard A.. 1988. Review of Naomi Segal, The Unintended Reader: Feminism and 'Manon Lescaut', in Modern Language Review, 83.3, pp. 729–30, doi:10.2307/3731349