Subjects: Psychological fiction, Separation (Psychology) -- Fiction, Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction, Paris (France) -- Fiction, Widows -- Fiction, Culture conflict -- Fiction, Courtship -- Fiction, PS, Americans -- France -- Fiction, Love stories, I
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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. Combining elements of comedy, tragedy, romance, and melodrama, this tale of thwarted desire vividly contrasts nineteenth-century American and European manners.
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