Overview
- Summary
- A story of family life and starcrossed lovers, of money and greed, set against the backdrop of France from 1910 to 1940 between two terrible wars. Pierre and Agnès marry for love against the wishes of his parents and the family patriarch, the tyrannical industrialist Julien Hardelot, provoking a family feud which cascades down the generations. This is Balzac or The Forsyte Saga on a smaller, more intimate scale, the bourgeoisie observed close-up with Némirovsky's characteristically sly humour and clear-eyed compassion. Full of drama and heartbreak, telling observation of the devastating effects of two wars on a small town and an industrial family, this is Némirovsky at the height of her powers.
- Uniform Title
- Biens de ce monde. English
- Format
- Book
- Published
- London : Chatto & Windus, 2008
- Locale
- France, Northern
- Notes
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"First published in France as Les biens de ce monde by Éditions Albin Michel 1947"--T.p. verso.
Translated from the French.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780701182137
070118213X - Physical Description
- 204 pages ; 25 cm
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- 2024-06-21 21:25:00
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