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 "The American" is a novel by Henry James was 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.©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont Classics Heartfelt
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I enjoyed this reading immensely .The calmness of the voice, the fine language. The story was not always convincing, but the style and the manners of the time came over superbly!

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