The Fortunes of the Pasquiers, by Georges Duhamel, Harper & Brothers, 1935

The Fortunes of the Pasquiers by Georges Duhamel forms part of his well-known sequence of novels following the lives of a French family in the early twentieth century. Published in English in 1935, it traces the experiences of the Pasquier family against a backdrop of social change, with a focus on relationships, character and everyday pressures. Written in a clear and observant style, the work offers an engaging glimpse into French middle-class life between the wars.

The Fortunes of the Pasquiers, by Georges Duhamel. Translated from the French by Samuel Putnam.

Published by Harper & Brothers, New York and London, 1935, Stated first edition. Printed in the USA.

A near fine cloth hardback with printed title design to spine and front cover. Cloth with some pin prick flecks. Cover still crisp and clean. With its original near fine dustjacket. The jacket is fully intact with no tears and only very slight wear to extremities. Not price-clipped. The dustjacket is now housed in clear, removable, protective plastic.

Text is bright and clean throughout. Patterned endpapers. Soundly bound.

Text in English. 

xiii + 344pp.

Weight approximately 494g (unpacked).

Dimensions: approximately 211mm high x 148mm wide x 35mm deep.