The Europeans: A Sketch

by Andrew Taylor (Editor), Andrew Taylor (Editor), Henry James (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2005

  $3.25

  Eugenia, an American expatriate brought up in Europe, arrives in rural New England with her charming brother Felix, hoping to find a wealthy second husband after the collapse of her marriage to a German prince. Their exotic, sophisticated airs cause quite a stir with their affluent, God-fearing American cousins, the Wentworths and provoke the disapproval of their father, suspicious of foreign influences. The arrival of the frivolous, handsome Felix is especially enchanting to Gertrude Wentworth, who is struggling against her sombre puritan upbringing. One of Henry James's most optimistic novels, The Europeans (1878) is a subtle and gently ironic examination of manners and morals, deftly portraying the impact of Old World experience on New World innocence.

• Used

  Paperback
  1996

  $3.25

  Eugenia is the morganatic wife of a German prince who is repudiated by her husband in favour of a state marriage. With her artist brother Felix, she goes to Boston to live with relatives whom she has never seen before, with hopes of making a wealthy marriage.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $9.98

  one of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous short stories and novels.