The American by Henry James audiobook

The American

By Henry James
Read by Robin Lawson

Blackstone Publishing

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 2 Formats: Library CD
  • 2 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9781455123254

  • ISBN: 9781455123278

Runtime: 13.72 Hours
Category: Fiction/Classics
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

During a trip to Europe, wealthy American businessman Christopher Newman proposes marriage to the scintillating and beautiful aristocrat Claire de Cintri. To his dismay, he comes up against the machinations of her impoverished but proud family, who find Newman to be a vulgar example of the American privileged class. Brilliantly combining elements of comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama, this tale of thwarted desire vividly contrasts nineteenth-century American and European manners.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A masterpiece of American romanticism in which James shows us his profound grasp of what he was ultimately to call ‘the Americo-European legend.’” —Leon Edel, literary critic, biographer, and foremost authority on the works of Henry James
“The fine touch with which James explores the complexities of [the] scenario marks an extraordinary advance.” —Amazon.co.uk, editorial review
“The whole world was a rough place, as James would prove in fiction after fiction, brimming with pain and violence and darkness…One may see in The American his first great effort to take and give readers, in the largest sense of the words, the rough with the smooth.” —Adrian Poole, author of The Cambridge Companion to English Novelists

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Author Bio: Henry James

Author Bio: Henry James

Henry James (1843–1916), American novelist, short-story writer, and man of letters, was born in Washington Place, New York, to a family of distinguished philosophers and theologians. He attended schools in New York, Boston, and throughout Europe, where he later settled. A major figure in the history of the novel, he is celebrated as a master craftsman who brought his great art and impeccable technique to bear in the development of abiding moral themes.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Fiction/Classics
Runtime: 13.72
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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