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An edition of The American (1877)

The American

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"Christopher Newman, a wealthy American businessman, descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. In Paris he is introduced to Claire de Cintre', daughter of the ancient House of Bellegarde, and to Valentin, her charming young brother. His bid for Claire's hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of the family, an elder brother and their formidable mother, the old Marquise. Can they stomach his manners for the sake of his dollars?

Out of this classic collision between the old world and the new, James weaves a fable of thwarted desire that shifts between comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama - a fable which in the later version printed here takes on some of the subtleties associated with his greatest novels."--BOOK JACKET.

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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
400

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Subjects
American Manuscripts, Widows, Courtship in fiction, Culture conflict in fiction, Aristocracy (Social class), Widows in fiction, Culture conflict, Americans in fiction, Fiction, Americans, Facsimiles, Separation (Psychology), Courtship, Classic Literature, Manuscripts, The American (James), American fiction (fictional works by one author), Paris (france), fiction, Fiction, psychological, Widows, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Psychological fiction, Fiction, general, United states, fiction, Large type books, United states, social life and customs, James, henry, 1843-1916, Atlantic states, description and travel, Description and travel, Social life and customs, Travel, Manners and customs, United states, description and travel, Travelers' writings, American, Families
People
Henry James (1843-1916)
Places
Paris (France), France, Atlantic States, United States
Times
1865-1918, 1900-1920

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1999, Oxford University Press
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1987, St. Martin's Press
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1935, Scribner
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1921, Macmillan
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The American scene
1907, Harper & Brothers
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1907, Chapman and Hall, ltd.
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The American.
1878, B. Tauchnitz
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1877, Houghton Mifflin
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxviii]-xxxi).

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Oxford [England], New York
Series
Oxford world's classics, Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Genre
Fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.4
Library of Congress
PS2116 .A6 1999, PS2116.A6 1999

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxiv, 400 p. ;
Number of pages
400

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL380369M
ISBN 10
0192833227
LCCN
98042570
OCLC/WorldCat
504713481
Library Thing
28852
Goodreads
775963

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Work Description

A reprint of Henry James' "The America" that includes a textual history of the novel, background and source materials, and critical articles by James and others.

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On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentlemen was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carre, in the Museum of the Louvre.
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