The Europeans (Penguin Popular Classics)

The Europeans (Penguin Popular Classics)

by HenryJames (Author), HenryJames (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 192
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 25 Jan 1996

ISBN 10: 0140621954
ISBN 13: 9780140621952

Author Bio
Henry James was born in 1843 in Washington Place, New York, of Scottish and Irish ancestry. His father was a prominent theologian and philosopher and his elder brother, William, is also famous as a philosopher. He attended schools in New York and later in London, Paris and Geneva, entering the Law School at Harvard in 1862. In 1865 he began to contribute reviews and short stories to American journals. In 1875, after two prior visits to Europe, he settled for a year in Paris, where he met Flaubert, Turgenev and other literary figures. However, the next year he moved to London, where he became so popular in society that in the winter of 1878-9 he confessed to accepting 107 invitations. In 1898 he left London and went to live at Lamb House, Rye, Sussex. Henry James became a naturalized citizen in 1915, was awarded the Order of Merit and died in 1916.