![]() Cover of the 1941 Flammarion edition of the first volume, The Sixth of October | |
Author | Jules Romains |
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Translator | Warre B. Wells (vol. 1–3) Gerard Hopkins (vol.4–14) |
Language | French |
Genre | Roman-fleuve |
Publisher | Flammarion (France) Alfred A. Knopf (United States) |
Publication date | 1932–1946 |
Publication place | France |
Published in English | 1933–1946 |
Pages | 7,892 |
Les Hommes de bonne volonté (transl. Men of Good Will) is an epic roman-fleuve by French writer Jules Romains, published in 27 volumes between 1932 and 1946. It has been classified both as a novel cycle and a novel and, at two million words and 7,892 pages, has been cited as one of the longest novels ever written.