The Europeans, 9780141441405
Paperback
Old world meets new, family secrets revealed in America.

The Europeans

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    11 May 2008

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Summary

The Europeans: A Rediscovered Classic

Part of a series of new editions of Henry James’s most famous novels and short stories.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780141441405
ISBN-10:0141441402
Series:Penguin Classics
Author:Henry James, Andrew Taylor
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Classics
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:11 May 2008
Weight:172g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 14mm
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Critics Review

He is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare in the history of poetry.

“He is as solitary in the history of the novel as Shakespeare in the history of poetry.“—Graham Greene

About The Author

Henry James

Henry James was born in 1843 in New York and died in London in 1916. In addition to many short stories, plays, books of criticism, autobiography and travel, he wrote some twenty novels, the first published being Roderick Hudson (1875). They include The Europeans, Washington Square, The Portrait of a Lady, The Bostonians, The Princess Casamassima, The Tragic Muse, The Spoils of Poynton, The Awkward Age, The Wings of the Dove, The Ambassadors and The Golden Bowl.

Andrew Taylor is the author of a number of crime novels, including the ground-breaking Roth Trilogy, which was adapted into the acclaimed drama Fallen Angel, and the historical crime novels The Ashes of London, The Silent Boy, and The American Boy, a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller and a 2005 Richard & Judy Book Club Choice. He has won many awards, including the CWA Ellis Peters Historical Award (the only author to win it three times) and the CWA’s prestigious Diamond Dagger.

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