# The Chateau

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- Book: [The Chateau](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell/the-chateau) ([The Chateau.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell/the-chateau.md))
- Authors: [William Maxwell](https://www.bookquiver.com/william-maxwell)
- Publisher: vintage_classics
- ISBN: 978-00-9957-362-3
- Pages: 416
- Published: 2012-03-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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.