The American
by:
Adrian Poole (author)
Henry James (author)
A wealthy American man of business descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. His bid for Claire de Cintr--eacute--; hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of her aristocratic family. Can they stomach his manners for the sake of his dollars? Out of this classic...
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A wealthy American man of business descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. His bid for Claire de Cintr--eacute--; hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of her aristocratic family. 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 desi
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Format: Kindle Edition
ASIN: B005EEHMCG
Publisher: Oxford University Press, UK
Pages no: 434
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
Cultural,
American,
Historical Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
19th Century,
France,
Fiction