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  <read_at>Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a reread, I think the third time, but I haven’t read it since the mid-Seventies at the latest. Rereading, I must say, was a huge enjoyment. This is James at the best of his earlier period, where he was exploring the naïve American in Europe, packing enormous meaning in every sentence, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/68323171">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The American, not surprisingly, is a book about an American, who, having been successful in business all his life, goes to France to win over a wife.  The hero is a good natured, self-made millionaire named Newman (get it?) who falls in love with the only daughter of a very old, aristocratic, half F...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66698091">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;The American&quot; deals with - surprise, surprise! - James' perennial theme of the clash between the  New World and the Old World, Americans and Europeans. Christopher Newman, a self-made man, a newly moneyed millionaire, has come to Paris to learn to enjoy himself and to become a man of leis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48646563">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Feb 25 17:39:43 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I love how boring and long-winded James can be. Insightful and calming!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After you've read The Ambassadors and Portrait of a Lady, I think this is the next James novel to read. (I remember liking Washington Square too, but it's been so long.) It becomes clear early on that things will not turn out for our American in Paris, but despite this shadow of inevitability, the b...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55093214">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Definitely not one of Henry James' best novels but it is still a great pleasure to read.  It tells a tale of an innocent, naive' but essentially good-natured American businessman venturing to Europe, falling in love and finding himself defeated in an ambitious attempt to marry a beautiful French wom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/9895767">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tale of the rich American retiring/escaping the life of industry in search of his fantasy of Parisian culture. He ends up madly in love with a lovable but weak lady of high status. She falls for him, but abandons the chance to marry him to be a nun in a convent, as her odd defiance to her evil mot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43393686">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Finally finished!  What a long read, but I'm glad I stuck it out.  While I was a little suprised by what Carrie termed the &quot;gothic&quot; turning point, once I got there it didn't surprise me, since all of James' books have at least a bit of that flair -- isabel and her ghosts, Daisy and the mys...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44757159">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="1248935">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a terriffic book, perhaps the best of James's early novels. The American is a delight, a beach read: funny and occasionally touching, as well as an excellent introduction James' novels of American innocence versus European experience.  Although it's more romance than realism, as James himsel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1248935">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46084643">
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    <body><![CDATA[All about the American &quot;noveau rich&quot;... From a man's perspective. Interestingly conveys the clash of European tradition/class system, with the American entrepreneurial/pioneering spirit.  Probably my favorite Jame's novel.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd never read any of James's earlier works, so I was surprised how &quot;readable&quot; (as in not convoluted) the novel actually was. But let's face it: Henry James is no stylist. There. I said it. I find his prose style a bit flat, but in my opinion, that's not what you read him for. You--or at l...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19227966">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="44955331">
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    <body><![CDATA[I would actually give this book 3 and a half stars, if I could.  The man was a genius (I'm well aware of that), but his writing tends to make me sleepy.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The lesson our hero learns is that no matter how other people behave, you will only have peace of conscience if your own behaviour is honorable. ]]></body>
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    <review id="42656954">
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    <body><![CDATA[One of the all-time best endings. I had to keep rereading the last sentence, and grinning, and whispering, &quot;oh YES James I do love you!&quot;]]></body>
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    <review id="59913517">
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    <body><![CDATA[A case in point that I should read more classics. What great writing, what rich characters. I need to read more James, and I will!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A great portrayal of the national traits of Americans, French, and English, as James saw them. No one gets off scot-free. ]]></body>
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    <review id="49675844">
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    <body><![CDATA[A lot of book to say very little.......the book was tedious and the story could have been told in 150 pages or less.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[first chapter: yawn<br/>second chapter: yawn<br/>half-way through: actually started caring<br/>two-thirds through: yawn again]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[With the title of 'The American' one can't help but think that the main character could be seen as a 'type.'  This type (too commercial, not acquainted with the social intricacies created by Monarchy and old money) could surely be seen at the turn of the century and also today.  But if this is the c...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32823346">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Henry James masterfully paints in his literature the edifying force of morals or good character. In each book the hero or heroine acheives peace of mind despite difficult or tragic circumstances, displaying the reality of these experiences precisely. The American is no exception. Although I admit I ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52671387">more...</a>]]></body>
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