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The American Scene by Henry James (1994, Paperback, Reprint) 
The American Scene by Henry James (1994, Paperback, Reprint)

 
The American Scene by Henry James (1994, Paperback, Reprint)

Author: Henry James
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Publication Date: 1994-12-01
Series: Penguin Classics Series
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 014043416X
ISBN-13: 9780140434163
Product ID: EPID50797
Description: After living abroad for 20 years, Henry James returned to his native America and travelled down the East Coast from Boston to Florida. In this journal, he describes his feelings on rediscovering the New York of his childhood (and his hor...
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Synopsis
After living abroad for 20 years, Henry James returned to his native America and travelled down the East Coast from Boston to Florida. In this journal, he describes his feelings on rediscovering the New York of his childhood (and his horror at the ugliness of the tall buildings), and witnessing the results of the growth of modern commercial America (in particular his horror at the way money rules American life). He muses on Thoreau, Hawthorne and Emerson; in Washington, he finds a cityscape devoid of spiritual symbols; in Richmond, thoughts of the Civil War haunt him. Throughout, his rotund prose is a highly serviceable vehicle for his musings on a world that has become alien in many ways, but for which he still retains a great fondness--and whose landscape never fails to move him.

Details
Publication Date:1994-12-01
Series:Penguin Classics Series
Editor:John F. Sears
Edition Description:Reprint

Size
Length:355 pages
Height:8.0 in
Width:5.0 in
Thickness:0.8 in
Weight:8.8 oz

Industry Reviews
James here reminisces about a trip taken from Boston to Florida upon his return to the United States after a 20-year sojourn in Great Britain. This 1907 title works as both literature and travelog.
Adams

Reprint of the Harper & Bros. edition of 1907 (cited in BCL3 ). Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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