André Maurois (1885-1967) - Fortunes and Misfortunes of a Moderate

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?

Lionel Gossman is the M. Taylor Pyne Professor of Romance Languages emeritus at Princeton University, USA.