The American - Henry James - Books -  - 9798697161968 - October 19, 2020
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The American

In 1868, Christopher Newman, an American businessman, visits Europe on a Grand Tour. Having worked for a living since age ten (interrupted by service in the Union Army during the American Civil War), he has made a large fortune and retired in his thirties, and is now looking to settle down and get married. At the Louvre in Paris he watches a painter named Noémie; he offers to buy the copy she is making, and meets her father, M. Nioche. About the same time a mutual friend introduces Newman to Claire de Cintré, a young widow. Newman hires M. Nioche to teach him French and the two become friendly; Newman, learning that M. Nioche worries about his daughter's future since he is poor, says that he will buy enough paintings from Noémie to give her a respectable dowry.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released October 19, 2020
ISBN13 9798697161968
Pages 352
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 19 mm   ·   408 g
Language English  

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