The American (1877) by Henry James - Early (2nd?) Edition of newest James' social satire about a self-made millionaire among aristocrats in Europe

The American by Henry James

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company / The Riverside newest Press, 1877. Later printing with no mention of Osgood imprint on spine. Octavo. 473 pages. Brown boards stamped in gilt. In excellent, unmarked condition - bright gilt, strong and square.

About The American:

Christopher Newman, a ‘self-made' American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful 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 thus gain his revenge? James's masterly early work is at once a social comedy, a melodramatic romance and a realistic novel of manners.