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Christopher Newman, an American millionaire in France, falls in love with the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and gain his revenge?
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- Title
- The American
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Henry James
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0140390820
- ISBN13
- 9780140390827
- Category
- Fiction, Romanticism
- Description
- Christopher Newman, an American millionaire in France, falls in love with the aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde. Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage. When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and gain his revenge?