The American /
A wealthy American man of business descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. His bid for Claire de Cintr--eacute--; hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of her aristocratic family. Can they stomach his manners for the sake of his dollars? Out of this classic collisi...
| Основен автор: | James, Henry, 1843-1916. |
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| Други автори: | Poole, Adrian. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Oxford [England] ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
1999.
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| Серия: |
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=56493 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
American. |
| Резюме: |
A wealthy American man of business descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. His bid for Claire de Cintr--eacute--; hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of her aristocratic family. Can they stomach his manners for the sake of his dollars? 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 heretakes on some of the subtleties associated with this greatest novels. - ;You you a nun; you with your beauty deface. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 400 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages xxviii-xxxi). |
| ISBN: |
9780191588808 0191588806 0585384924 9780585384924 |