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novel by Henry James

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Author
Graham Greene
First published
1940
Editions
96
Subjects
Americans, British, Fiction, Fiction in English, German language books, Indochinese War, 1946-1954, Journalists, Politics and government

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literary work
Country of origin
United States
Narrative location
Paris
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novel
title
The American
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The American
language of work or name
English language
first line
On a brilliant day in May, in the year 1868, a gentleman was reclining at his ease on the great circular divan which at that period occupied the centre of the Salon Carré, in the Museum of the Louvre.
last line
Newman instinctively turned to see if the little paper was in fact consumed; but there was nothing left of it.
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