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The Europeans

Author
Henry James
Read by
Eloise Fairfax
Language
English
Length
5 hours 47 minutes
ISBN
9781802560695
Published
23 September 2024
Imprint
Sovereign
  • Henry James
  • tragicomedy
  • melodrama
  • engagement
  • humour
  • comedy
  • dark comedy
  • stream of consciousness
  • philosophical
  • psychological

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Description

"The Europeans" by Henry James is an enchanting novel that revolves around the arrival of two European siblings, Eugenia and Felix, to their American relatives' home. The cultured and mysterious newcomers create a stir among their pragmatic and reserved American kin. As the two worlds collide, romantic entanglements, cultural clashes, and social complexities unfold. Eugenia, a charming baroness, captivates the locals, including the earnest and polite Robert Acton, who falls for her continental allure. Meanwhile, Felix, a talented artist, courts the free-spirited Gertrude Wentworth, creating tension within the family.

Author

Henry James (1843–1916) is among the supreme novelists in English — an American who made Europe his stage and consciousness his subject. In The Portrait of a Lady, The Ambassadors, and The Wings of the Dove he traced Americans abroad through drawing rooms, secrets, and moral choice with unmatched psychological precision. James wrote sentences that think: long, exacting, and alive to every shade of feeling between people.

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