Overview
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. 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. (wikipedia.org)
- | Author: Henry James
- | Publisher: Bibliotech Press
- | Publication Date: January 06, 2020
- | Number of Pages: 300 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1618958739
- | ISBN-13: 9781618958730
