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The American
de James, Henry
- Usado
- good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Webster, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Macmillan and Co. / Charles Dickens and Evans, Crystal Palace Press, 1879. Second British Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Second British edition, one of 1250 copies, preceded by Boston and Leipzig editions, and an 1877 London edition by Ward, Lock & Co. (Phillips p. 8; Edel & Laurence A4c). 2 inch split in cloth on top of rear joint, a few minor wrinkles and abrasions to boards, ink name on half-title page. 1879 Hard Cover. 350, [2], 38, [2] pp. A novel by the author of The Portrait of a Lady, etc., now considered a pioneer in the Modern Movement of literature. Christopher Newman, a 'self-made' American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and thus gain his revenge? James's masterly early work is at once a social comedy, a melodramatic romance and a realistic novel of manners.
Sinopsis
Christopher Newman, a 'self-made' American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and thus gain his revenge? James's masterly early work is at once a social comedy, a melodramatic romance and a realistic novel of manners.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Yesterday's Muse Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 2328562
- Título
- The American
- Autor
- James, Henry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Second British Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Macmillan and Co. / Charles Dickens and Evans, Crystal Palace Press
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1879
- Peso
- 1.19 libras
- Palabras clave
- LITERATURE BRITISH AMERICAN FICTION
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