American author Henry James is regarded as one of the foremost figures in the genre that some critics call ""trans-Atlantic"" literature. His fiction often explores the tension between traditional European values and the brash, assertive national...
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American author Henry James is regarded as one of the foremost figures in the genre that some critics call ""trans-Atlantic"" literature. His fiction often explores the tension between traditional European values and the brash, assertive national character of America. This epistolary novella captures the impressions of American visitors in Europe in a series of letters
Title; Contents; Chapter I - From Miss Miranda Mope, in Paris, to Mrs. Abraham C. Mope, at Bangor, Maine; Chapter II - From the Same to the Same; Chapter III - From Miss Violet Ray, in Paris, to Miss Agnes Rich, in New York; Chapter IV - From Louis Leverett, in Paris, to Harvard Tremont, in Boston; Chapter V - From Miranda Hope to Her Mother; Chapter VI - From Miss Evelyn Vane, in Paris, to the Lady Augusta Fleming, at Brighton; Chapter VII - From Leon Verdier, in Paris, to Prosper Gobain, at Lille; Chapter VIII - From Dr. Rudolf Staub, in Paris, to Dr. Julius Hirsch, at Gottingen
