| The american Contributor(s): James, Henry (Author) |
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ISBN: 1727441753 ISBN-13: 9781727441758 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $7.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.58 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876-1877 and then as a book in 1877. The novel is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Newman is looking for a world different from the simple, harsh realities of 19th-century American business. He encounters both the beauty and the ugliness of Europe, and learns not to take either for granted. The core of the novel concerns Newman's courtship of a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family. |