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The American

by Henry James
Lee Clark Mitchell
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Henry James brilliantly combines comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama in this tale of a wealthy American businessman in Paris. Determined to marry Claire de Cintré, a scintillating and beautiful aristocrat, Christopher Newman comes up against the machinations of her impoverished but proud family in a dramatic clash between the Old World and the New. A co-production with the BBC, starring Diana Rigg, Matthew Modine, and Brenda Fricker.
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Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Kindle Book

  • Release date: January 4, 2005

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  • ISBN: 9781101157626
  • Release date: January 4, 2005

EPUB ebook

  • ISBN: 9781101157626
  • File size: 586 KB
  • Release date: January 4, 2005

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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Literature Humor (Fiction)

Languages

English

Henry James brilliantly combines comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama in this tale of a wealthy American businessman in Paris. Determined to marry Claire de Cintré, a scintillating and beautiful aristocrat, Christopher Newman comes up against the machinations of her impoverished but proud family in a dramatic clash between the Old World and the New. A co-production with the BBC, starring Diana Rigg, Matthew Modine, and Brenda Fricker.
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Classic Literature Fiction Literature Humor (Fiction)