An edition of The American (1877)

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An edition of The American (1877)

The American

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A wealthy American man of business descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. His bid for Claire de Cintr--eacute--; hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of her aristocratic family. 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 heretakes on some of the subtleties associated with this greatest novels. - ;Ỳou you a nun; you with your beauty deface.

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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, American literature, Upper class, Brothers and sisters, Amours, Romans, nouvelles

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Henry James (1843-1916)

Places

Paris (France), France, Atlantic States, United States, Paris

Times

1865-1918, 1900-1920, 19th century

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The American
2014, W F Howes Ltd
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The American
2013, HarperCollins Publishers
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The American
1999, Oxford University Press
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The American scene
1987, St. Martin's Press
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The American scene.
1968, Indiana University Press
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The American
1935, Scribner
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The American scene
1907, Chapman and Hall
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The American scene.
1907, Chapman and Hall
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The American scene
1907, Chapman and Hall, ltd.
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The American scene
1907, Harper & Brothers
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The American
1877, Houghton Mifflin
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxviii-xxxi).

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

Classifications

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

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource (xxxiv, 400 pages).
Number of pages
400

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL45471372M
ISBN 10
0191588806, 0585384924
ISBN 13
9780191588808, 9780585384924
OCLC/WorldCat
49414793

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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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