The American
by
Henry James
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0140390820
ISBN-13
9780140390827
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint
Penguin Classics
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Oct 31st, 1991
Print length
480 Pages
Weight
378 grams
Dimensions
19.60 x 13.00 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Christopher Newman, an American millionaire in France, falls in love with the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and gain his revenge?
Henry James''s third novel is an exploration of his most powerful, perennial theme - the clash between European and American cultures, the Old World and the New. Christopher Newman, a ''self-made'' American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes'' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and thus gain his revenge? James''s masterly early work is at once a social comedy, a melodramatic romance and a realistic novel of manners.
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