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The American. Der Amerikaner, engl. Ausgabe

English · Paperback / Softback

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Christopher Newman is a rich American visiting Paris, where he meets Claire de Cintré, a widow of noble birth. He is treated at first with hostility by all of her family except her younger brother Valentin, and later tolerated only because of his wealth. By cunning and guile, Claire and her family evade and betray Newman. However, the discovery of a family secret offers him the possibility of a sublime revenge.
In choosing whether or not to take this option, Newman becomes James's innocent American abroad, and Claire and her family represent the corruption and repression of the Old World and old values. A masterly story of romance and a wry comedy of manners, "The American" is one of James's earliest works to make this important cultural comparison.

About the author

Henry James (1843 - 1916), in New York City geborener Sohn aus wohlhabender Familie, genoss eine kosmopolitische Erziehung. Er studierte Jura in Harvard und ging 1875 als Korrespondent nach Paris, wo er Bekanntschaft mit Flaubert und Turgenev schloss. Später zog er nach England und wurde 1915 unter dem Eindruck des Weltkrieges britischer Staatsbürger. Er schrieb zwanzig Romane, Theaterstücke, Reiseberichte, Essays und über hundert Erzählungen, die ihm zu Lebzeiten Ruhm und Anerkennung eintrugen. Die Begegnung von Amerikanern mit Europa war Henry James' Lebensthema. Mit seiner scharfen Beobachtungsgabe und seinen kunstvollen Bewusstseinsschilderungen gilt er als Meister des psychologischen Romans.

Product details

Authors Henry James
Publisher Penguin UK
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.1995
 
EAN 9780140621877
ISBN 978-0-14-062187-7
No. of pages 325
Weight 192 g
Series Penguin Popular Classics
Penguin Popular Classics
Subject Fiction > Bilingual editions > German/English

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