- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Penguin UK; Film & TV Tie-in ed edition (Jan 1 1999)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0140280030
- ISBN-13: 978-0140280036
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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This novel is at once an incisive social comedy and a melodrama, a realistic novel of manners as well as a symbolic exploration of the cultural and moral conflict between the old and new worlds.
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On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentleman was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carre, in the Museum of the Louvre. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
wtg henry james!!!,
By LaFfDeFra (paris) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The American (Paperback)
i recommend to everyone to start with the american if they have an interest in henry james, but haven't yet read anything by him. the american isn't so much of the l'art pour l'art movement as his later works, as he was pretty young when he wrote this. nonetheless, this is still a classic. christopher newman can come off as arrogant but throughout the book one enjoys him more and more. the ending is great, with christopher finally being vindicated. for whatever it's worth, i read james' the princess casamassima after this. it's a good follow-up for one who has just been introduced to h. james, although it isn't so much concerned with the old world vs new world theme as is the american.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Make no mistake...,
This review is from: The American (Paperback)
James can be a long read. But keep in mind the time period in which he is writing and you will easily tackle this novel. This book should be on y our "Must Read List". Every American should be reading about Christopher Newman. Its easily understandable today as it was over 100 years ago. We often forget our place in the world and fail to see ourselves from the point of view of others. This is the story of an expatriate in a time when America was boldly going forth into a old world, filled with old customs and well worn traditions. Well worth the read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Henry James at his BEST!!!,
By Thom Mulkey (Dallas, TX United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: American (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
OK so it takes half the book to get to the story. In typical Henry James fashion you are completely prepared for the action. Unlike Thomas Hardy, whose surroundings tell us of the character of the person it surrounds, James wishes you to know the depth of his characters as seen through the eyes of others. This of course brings on many minor characters that just seem to disappear, but it is a view of a person as if the reader was on the other side of the mirror watching the story unfold. Yes, James is wordy, yes this is not a quick read, but Henry James has a mastery of language and story telling that is rare."The American" is a wonderful love story that ends as a real life love story might end. Do not expect roses and happily ever after, it is as much a story of an ancient social system as it is of the life of "our hero." And the thing that seems to get missed is that Henry James actually wrote this as a mystery, not a love story. This is a novel to contemplate and read between the lines. Good verses Evil, Noveau vs Old Money, Right and Wrong, can literature get any better than that?
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