Bibliograph

The American, the version of 1877 revised in autograph and typescript for the New York edition of 1907 : reproduced in facsimile from the original in the Houghton Library, Harvard University

Type

Label

The American, the version of 1877 revised in autograph and typescript for the New York edition of 1907 : reproduced in facsimile from the original in the Houghton Library, Harvard University

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The American

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

the version of 1877 revised in autograph and typescript for the New York edition of 1907 : reproduced in facsimile from the original in the Houghton Library, Harvard University

Summary

Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman embarks on his first tour of Europe. As he falls in love with a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family, he encounters both the beauty and the ugliness of Europe, and learns not to take either for granted

Target audience

adult

Classification