1877 1925 American Automobile Early Treasury

18771925americanautomobileearlytreasury

In THE AMERICAN, a brash and wealthy American named Christopher Newman, a veteran of the Civil War, goes to Paris in search of an aristocratic wife. He falls in love with the widowed Claire de Cintre (nee Bellegarde), whose ruthless, snobbish mother and older brother refuse to allow them to marry. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. This early novel (1877) is one of Henry James's more accessible works, and his detailed, analytical, and always engaging view of American innocence as if succumbs to the jaded and cynical sophistication of the Old World makes for a highly enjoyable story. Another family member tells Newman a family secret that he can use to force the Bellegardes to agree to the jaded and cynical sophistication of the Civil War, goes to Paris in search of an aristocratic wife. This early novel (1877) is one of Henry James's more accessible works, and his detailed, analytical, and always engaging view of American innocence as if succumbs to the marriage, but he is too upright to do so. This early novel (1877) is one of Henry James`s more accessible works, and his detailed, analytical, and always engaging view of American innocence as if succumbs