The American: With 10 Illustrations and a Free Audio link.

Christopher Newman is a wealthy American businessman and civil war veteran who descends upon Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. In Paris, he meets Claire de Cintré, a young widow from an aristocratic Parisian family, whom he falls in love with. However, his bid for Claire's hand receives an icy welcome from the heads of the family. Can they stomach his manners for the sake of his dollars?

Henry James weaves a fable of thwarted desire that shifts between comedy, tragedy, romance and melodrama, which exemplifies the stark contrasts between America and Europe at the end of the 19th century.

Highlights of this edition are:

• 10 illustrations and photos.
• A free web link to the full-length audio recording of the book – to either listen to online, or download.
• It is formatted for ease of use and enjoyment on your nook reader.
• An active (easy to use) Table of Contents listing every chapter accessible from the nook menu.
• Perfect formatting in rich text compatible with nook's Text-to-Speech features.
• Plus, about the Author section.
• 632 pages (in the nook format) for a very low price.

This book is unabridged and appears as it was first intended. First published in 1877.