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A reprint of Henry James' "The America" that includes a textual history of the novel, background and source materials, and critical articles by James and others.
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Prestige, grave, cool and earnest.
- unpretentiousprestige
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Henry James, Peter Collister
- First published
- August 1, 1965
- Pages
- 456
- Publisher
- B. Tauchnitz, Lulu.com, Houghton Mifflin
- Editions
- 126
- Language
- Chinese, English, Spanish, French
- ISBN
- 9781426465659
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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.”
Henry James, was an American writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James. ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_James
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