Chronique des Pasquier

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Chronique des Pasquier is a 10-volume novel cycle by French author Georges Duhamel, written between 1933 and 1944. This work chronicles the history of a middle-class French family from the 1880s to the 1920s. Critics have noted Duhamel's particular talents for humor, observation, and sympathy within this narrative.1

Duhamel, a physician and writer, also created another novel cycle, Vie et aventures de Salavin, and wrote extensively on social and moral issues. His experiences as a frontline surgeon during World War I deeply affected him, leading to works like The New Book of Martyrs and the Goncourt Prize-winning Civilisation 1914–1917.1

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Georges Duhamel
In the Pasquier cycle, Duhamel relates the history of a French middle-class family from the 1880s to the 1920s. In this work, critics have found his gifts of humour, sympathy, and observation particularly apparent. Duhamel became a member of the Académie Française in 1935.
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In the Pasquier cycle, Duhamel relates the history of a French middle-class family from the 1880s to the 1920s. In this work, critics have found his gifts of humour, sympathy, and observation particularly apparent. Duhamel became a member of the Académie Française in 1935.
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