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17 de dez. de 1981 · The American (Penguin Classics) Paperback – December 17, 1981. by Henry James (Author) 4.1 181 ratings. See all formats and editions. 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 ...
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Set in 1868, American author Henry James’s novel The American (1877) is an account of a wealthy American businessman's attempts to find a wife in Parisian high society. . It blends both comedy and melodrama to illustrate the absurdity and pomp of nineteenth-century courtship rituals; the strict upper-class codes of conduct and ethics (or lack thereof); and the enduring legacy of the "garish ...
6,800 ratings496 reviews. The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876-77 and then as a book in 1877. 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 ...
Henry James in 1890. Henry James, OM (April 15, 1843 – February 28, 1916), was one of the greatest prose writers in American literature. Enormously prolific, James authored 22 novels, hundreds of short stories, and dozens of volumes of non-fiction including biographies, travel writing, art and literary criticism, and memoirs.
the american. 特立独行、技术高超的杀手杰克（乔治·克鲁尼 George Clooney饰）来到意大利乡下的一座田园小镇，打算执行完这次任务后金盆洗手——为女杀手组装一支专用步枪。. 在这相对简单平静的环境里，原本低调谨慎的杰克出乎意料的与当地居民建立了深厚的 ...
The American, published in 1877, is a novel by Henry James that tells the story of Christopher Newman, a wealthy American businessman who travels to Europe in search of culture and refinement. While in Paris, Newman falls in love with Claire de Cintré, a young widow from an aristocratic French family. However, Claire’s family disapproves of ...
The American. by Henry James 1877. CHAPTER I. On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentleman 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. This commodious ottoman has since been removed, to the extreme regret of all weak-kneed lovers of ...
