The Europeans
Author: Henry James
Set in the countryside around Boston in the mid-nineteenth century “The Europeans” is concerned with the effect of Old World experience on new World innocence.,,Feckless, charming Felix and his sister Eugenia, the Baroness Munster, descend on their well-to-do, God-fearing New England cousins, the Wentworths, and both parties are confronted by an attitude of life beyond their….Read More
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