During a trip to Europe, wealthy American businessman Christopher Newman proposes marriage to the scintillating and beautiful aristocrat Claire de Cintri. To his dismay, he comes up against the machinations of her impoverished but proud family, who find Newman to be a vulgar example of the American privileged class. Brilliantly combining elements of comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama, this tale of thwarted desire vividly contrasts nineteenth-century American and European manners.
© 2012 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781483053752
© 2016 Anncona Media AB (Ebook): 9789176057971
Release date
Audiobook: May 2, 2012
Ebook: April 22, 2016
During a trip to Europe, wealthy American businessman Christopher Newman proposes marriage to the scintillating and beautiful aristocrat Claire de Cintri. To his dismay, he comes up against the machinations of her impoverished but proud family, who find Newman to be a vulgar example of the American privileged class. Brilliantly combining elements of comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama, this tale of thwarted desire vividly contrasts nineteenth-century American and European manners.
© 2012 Blackstone Publishing (Audiobook): 9781483053752
© 2016 Anncona Media AB (Ebook): 9789176057971
Release date
Audiobook: May 2, 2012
Ebook: April 22, 2016
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