Résumé
Christopher Newman, a somewhat awkward but well-meaning American businessman traveling in Europe for the first time, meets and falls in love with the aristocratic young widow Claire de Bellegarde. But her French family does not like his American ways and oppose his offer of marriage. When he discovers a dirty family secret, however, the tables are suddenly turned. But what should he do with upper hand? Despite being one of Henry James earliest works, ‘The American’ (1877) flows more like a contemporary novel than his later work, mixing social comedy and melodrama to perfection.
Auteur
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Henry James, l’un des plus grands romanciers mondiaux, a révolutionné l’histoire du genre par une méditation toujours intense sur sa forme, en inventant des techniques nouvelles, en renonçant au romanesque superficiel pour descendre dans les profondeurs du cœur, dans ses nouvelles comme dans ses romans, de Washington Square aux Ailes de la colombe.
Caractéristiques
Publication : 4 janvier 2017
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub]
Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub)
Taille(s) : 635 ko (ePub)
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9789176393178
