The American
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ISBN13: 9780192833228
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`You you a nun; you with your beauty defaced and your nature wasted you behind locks and bars! Never, never, if I can prevent it!' A wealthy American man of business descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. In Paris Christopher Newman is introduced to Claire de Cintré, daughter of the ancient House of Bellegarde, and to Valentin, her charming young brother. His bid for Claire's hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of the family, an elder brother and their formidable mother, the old Marquise. 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 here takes on some of the subtleties associated with this greatest novels.
| ISBN-13 | 9780192833228 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0192833227 |
| Weight | 0.70 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 5.00 x 0.50 x 7.75 In |
| List Price | $12.95 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Language | English |
| Pages | 448 pages |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Published On | 1999-07-22 |
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