obálka: EUROPEANS

EUROPEANS

Autor: James Henry
Vydavateľstvo: Penguin Books
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In the hope of making a wealthy marriage, Eugenia, the Baroness Munster, and her younger brother, the artist Felix, descend on the Wentworths, in Boston. installed in a nearby house, they become close friends with the younger Wentworths-Gertrude, Charlotte and Clifford.

Eugenia´s wit, guile and sophistication, and Felix´s donair vivacity form an uneasy alliance with te the Puritan morality and the frugal, domestic virtues of the Americans. A rich and delicately balanced comedy of manners, The Europeans weighs the values of the established order against those of New England society, but makes no simple judgements, only subtle contrats and beatifully observed comparisions



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