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The American

by Henry James

Romance · Novel

Open Library OL276314W

The American is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first tour of Europe.

About the author

Henry James (1843–1916) is represented here by 25 public-domain titles, including A London Life, and Other Tales, A Passionate Pilgrim, and A Small Boy and Others. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for Henry James.

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