The Europeans ; Washington Square
James, Henry 1843-19161967
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The graceful irony and firm construction of The Europeans proclaim the influence of Jane Austen on the early Henry James. This, his fourth novel, was based on a situation which must have been familiar to James himself when returning home from Europe., Significantly, perhaps, 'the Europeans' whom he introduces into a New England home - Baroness Munster and her brother, Felix - are not Europeans in fact, but American cousins born and brought up in various European countries. Through them - the one morganatically married to a German princeling and the other a light-hearted artist - the sober, dutiful life of the Wentworths and their circle is 'exposed to peculiar influences'.
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The Europeans ; Washington Square / Henry James, with an introduction by Leon Edel.
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London : Bodley Head, 1967.London : The Bodley Head Ltd, 1967.
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392 pages ; 20 cm.
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037000616X9780370006161
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English
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736615
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