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Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

Week of April 22, 1935

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OF TIME AND THE RIVER
Thomas Wolfe
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OF TIME AND THE RIVER

by Thomas Wolfe · Scribner

7 wks at #1 · 6 on list

The book chronicles the maturing of Wolfe's autobiographical character, Eugene Gant, in his desperate search for fulfillment, making his way from small-town North Carolina to the wider world of Harvard University, New York City, and Europe.

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CLAUDIUS THE GOD
Robert Graves
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CLAUDIUS THE GOD

by Robert Graves · Smith & Haas

2 wks on list

In this sequel to I, Claudius, the story of the Roman Emperor—on which the award-winning BBC TV series was based—continues . . . In I, Claudius, Robert Graves began the story of the limping, stammering young man who is suddenly thrust onto the throne after the death of Caligula. In Claudius the God, Graves continues the story, detailing Claudius's thirteen-year reign and his ultimate downfall. Painting the vivid, tumultuous, and decadent society of ancient Rome with spectacular detail, Graves provides a tale that is instructive, compelling, and difficult to put down for both casual readers and students of Roman history.

Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review, archived by Hawes Publications.