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The Europeans
by James, Henry
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Creators: Henry James (1843-1916) "The Europeans" by Henry James is a novel published in 1878. Two sophisticated European siblings arrive in puritanical New England to meet their distant American cousins. Eugenia seeks a wealthy husband after her morganatic marriage faces dissolution, while her brother Felix embraces their relatives' simpler life. Cultural clash and romantic entanglements unfold as European worldliness meets New England propriety. Felix falls for his cousin Gertrude, but misunderstandings, white lies, and differing values complicate everyone's hopes for happiness across the Atlantic divide. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading Level: Reading ease score: 83.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Rights: Public domain in the USA. Downloads: 990