page_title: The American (novel)
hierarchical_section_title: The American (novel)
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Copertina di The American di Henry James, tratta da questo volume English: Cover of The American by Henry James, taken from ][:File:The Novels and Tales of Henry James, Volume 2 (New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1907).djvu|this book]]
context_page_description: The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876–77 and then as a book in 1877. The novel is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Newman is looking for a world different from the simple, harsh realities of 19th-century American business. He encounters both the beauty and the ugliness of Europe, and learns not to take either for granted. The core of the novel concerns Newman's courtship of a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family.
context_section_description: The American is a novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly in 1876–77 and then as a book in 1877. The novel is an uneasy combination of social comedy and melodrama concerning the adventures and misadventures of Christopher Newman, an essentially good-hearted but rather gauche American businessman on his first tour of Europe. Newman is looking for a world different from the simple, harsh realities of 19th-century American business. He encounters both the beauty and the ugliness of Europe, and learns not to take either for granted.  The core of the novel concerns Newman's courtship of a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family.
caption: Cover of The American
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