André Maurois (1885-1967)

Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Moderate

• Author(s): J. Gossman,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 123
• ISBN_10: 1137402709
  ISBN_13: 9781137402707
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Literary Criticism / European / General , Literary Criticism / General , History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General , Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century , Fiction / General , History / Europe / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General ,

Description:... Respected by his peers and hugely successful internationally in his own time, André Maurois is now hardly read. Moderate and conciliatory in everything, including his literary style, he appealed to the educated reader of his time, but did those very qualities prevent him from achieving lasting distinction and impact?