In the late 1930s, Marquand began producing a series of novels on the dilemmas of class, most of which centered on New England, and some of which were partially set in Clyde, Massachusetts, a fictional seaside community based strongly on Marquand's home town of Newburyport.
In the late 1930s, Marquand began producing a series of novels on the dilemmas of class, most of which centered on New England, and some of which were partially set in Clyde Massachusetts, a fictional seaside community based strongly on Marquand's home town of Newburyport.