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The Chateau
  • Published: 25 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529990461
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $28.00

The Chateau

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25 Aug 2026
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1 July 2012
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A nostalgic tale of two lovers journeying through the French countryside, The Chateau is a masterful evocation of the beauties of Europe from the author of So Long, See You Tomorrow

A nostalgic tale of two lovers journey through war-torn France from the author of SO LONG, SEE YOU TOMORROW

‘Exquisitely perceived and fastidiously rendered’’
The New York Times

It is 1948 and a young American couple arrive in France for a holiday, full of anticipation and enthusiasm. But the countryside and people are war-battered, and their reception at the Chateau Beaumesnil is not all the open-hearted Americans could wish for.

‘Reading The Chateau is like meeting a very old friend with whom the conversation is always spontaneous, intimate, restorative and unpredictable’
Sally Vickers

  • Published: 25 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529990461
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $28.00
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About the author

William Maxwell

William Maxwell (1908-2000) was born in Illinois. He was the author of a distinguished body of work: six novels, three short story collections, an autobiographical memoir and a collection of literary essays and reviews. A New Yorker editor for 40 years, he helped to shape the prose and careers of John Updike, John Cheever, John O'Hara, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Eudora Welty. His novel, So Long Tomorrow won the American Book Award, and in 1995 he received the PEN/Malamud Award.
WM

Also by William Maxwell

The Old Man at the Railroad Crossing and Other Tales
The Element of Lavishness
The Folded Leaf
Time Will Darken It
They Came Like Swallows
All the Days and Nights
So Long, See You Tomorrow
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Praise for The Chateau

Not just a book of the year but now one of my desert island books.

Adrian Turpin, Herald Scotland