The American

  • The American
    By Henry James, Malcolm Bradbury, Stephen Pain

    "A wealthy American man of business descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete.

  • The American
    By Henry James

    When in France the marriage of American millionaire, Christopher Newman, to Claire de Bellegarde is opposed by her family, he finds a secret in their past

  • The American: Screenplays
    By Karen Siess

    one among assassins, Jack is a master craftsman. When a job in Sweden ends more harshly than expected for this American abroad, he vows to his contact Pavel that his next assignment will be his last.

  • The American
    By Annette Debo

    ... is becoming an American poet in all the connotations of that phrase: America has had Poe, localized; Whitman (for all his “cosmic” integration), localized; New England school, Emerson, Thoreau, localized; Emily Dickinson, localized.

  • The American
    By Jeffrey Thomas

    Spanning fifty years, The American is a gritty crime thriller laced with the supernatural, set in a vividly rendered Vietnam.

  • The American
    By Jeffrey Thomas

    They ascended the seven-tiered Da Bao tower, at the top of which was housed a gigantic bell covered in what were essentially ... “Thanh,” Trenor said, looking around at him, “if you suggest we go in there I swear I'm going to punch you.

  • The American
    By Henry James

    The American A social comedy about Christopher Newman, an American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Along the way, he finds a widow from an aristocratic French family.

  • The American
    By Henry James

    Henry James brilliantly combines comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama in this tale of a wealthy American businessman in Paris. Determined to marry a beautiful aristocrat, he must overcome the machinations...

  • The American
    By Henry James

    Henry James brilliantly combines comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama in this tale of a wealthy American businessman in Paris. Determined to marry a beautiful aristocrat, he must overcome the machinations...

  • The American: Revised Edition
    By Henry James

    Henry James brilliantly combines comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama in this tale of a wealthy American businessman in Paris.

  • The American
    By Henry James

    Henry James brilliantly combines comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama in this tale of a wealthy American businessman in Paris. Determined to marry a beautiful aristocrat, he must overcome the machinations...

  • The American
    By Henry James

    A nouveau riche American romances a Frenchwoman but is rejected by her aristocratic family in this masterly tale. James contrasts Old and New World values with his customary grace, eloquence, and subtle wit.

  • The American: River of El Dorado
    By Margaret Sanborn

    The experiences of such individuals as John Sutter, Lola Montez, Mark Twain, Kit Carson, and John Muir are touched upon in a work that considers the river's rich history and...

  • The American
    By Henry James

    The American by renowned novelist Henry James offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the differences -- and, though less pronounced -- the similarities between American culture and European culture.

  • The American: (A Very Private Gentleman)
    By Martin Booth

    Part thriller, part character study, part drama of deceit and self-betrayal, The American (A Very Private Gentleman) shows Martin Booth at the very height of his powers.

  • The American
    By Henry James

    Out of this classic collision between the old world and the new, James weaves a fable of thwarted desire that shifts between comedy, tragedy, romance and melodrama a fable which in the later version printed here takes on some of the ...

  • The American
    By Henry James

    Reproduction of the original: The American by Henry James

  • The American: A Memoir
    By Franz-Olivier Giesbert

    His son, Franz-Oliver, spent his childhood doing everything he could to defy his father. The American is a son’s fiercely honest and emotionally gripping story of a search for paternal understanding and forgiveness.