Men of Good Will

Les Hommes de bonne volonté
Cover of the 1941 Flammarion edition of the first volume, The Sixth of October
AuthorJules Romains
TranslatorWarre B. Wells (vol. 1–3)
Gerard Hopkins (vol.4–14)
LanguageFrench
GenreRoman-fleuve
PublisherFlammarion (France)
Alfred A. Knopf (United States)
Publication date
1932–1946
Publication placeFrance
Published in English
1933–1946
Pages7,892

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.