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The American

The American

James, Henry

Paperback

Classic FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1535191236
ISBN13: 9781535191234
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jul 11 2016
Pages: 348
Weight: 1.03
Height: 0.72 Width: 5.98 Depth: 9.02
Language: English
Christopher Newman, a wealthy American, falls in love with a French aristocrat, Claire de Cintre, while visiting Paris. Her family objects very strongly to their engagement because Newman lacks European culture and social status. When Newman learns that Claire's mother, the Marquise, had killed her husband, he threatens her with the evidence. Still she refuses to sanction the marriage. Claire renounces the engagement and determines to be a nun. Newman, disgusted with himself as well as the French family, decides not to reveal the crime and resigns himself to his loss. He is a victim of unalterable cultural differences.

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