An International Episode [Paperback]

Henry James (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2003

Four years ago -- in 1874 -- two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city. Disembarking upon the wharf, they climbed into one of those huge high-hung coaches which convey passengers to the hotels, and with a great deal of bouncing and bumping, took their course through Broadway. The midsummer aspect of New York is not, perhaps, the most favorable one; still, it is not without its picturesque and even brilliant side. Nothing could well resemble less a typical English street than the interminable avenue, rich in incongruities, through which our two travelers advanced -- looking out on each side of them at the comfortable animation of the sidewalks, the high-colored, heterogeneous architecture, the huge white marble façades glittering in the strong, crude light, and bedizened with gilded lettering, the multifarious awnings, banners, and streamers, the extraordinary number of omnibuses, horsecars, and other democratic vehicles, the vendors of cooling fluids, the white trousers and big straw hats of the policemen, the tripping gait of the modish young persons on the pavement, the general brightness, newness, juvenility, both of people and things.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: IndyPublish.com (July 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1404366733
• ISBN-13: 978-1404366732
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,765,718 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Best book ever, May 19, 2006

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Thomas Mann (St. Petersburg, RU) - See all my reviews

This review is from: An International Episode (Hardcover)

This is by far the best and most lovely Henry James book I have ever read. Please don't be suprised if by the end of this book, you start reading another. There is something rather mystifing about Henry James' writing that puts the reader on edge yearning for more.