The American: Revised Edition
- ISBN-10
- 1101651326
- ISBN-13
- 9781101651322
- Series
- The American
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 480
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1981-12-17
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Henry James
Description
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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