Eugenia, an expatriated American whose marriage to a German prince has come undone, and her charming brother, Felix, are visiting relatives in the countryside near Boston. Their intent is to arrange a wealthy second marriage for Eugenia. O'Malley gives Henry James's classic a smooth, well-paced reading. develop their personalities and express their emotions. Most import-antly,...(展开全部)

Felix Young and his sister the Baroness Munster descended upon their Puritan consins, the Wentworths, in the Arcadian setting of the New England countryside of mid-nineteenth century America. The inevitable clash between European epicureanism and Puritan restraint ensues, providing humour, paradox, and some revealing insight. Truly one of James's masterpieces, The Europeans con...(展开全部)

在线阅读本书 Classic Henry James novel.

作者簡介 法蘭西斯．塔朋（Francis Tapon） 哈佛商學院工商管理碩士，高材生的他畢業後不但沒有進華爾街投資銀行工作，反而踏上歐亞大陸進行壯遊，永遠改變了自己的人生。 塔朋在2001年賣光自己的微薄財產，挑戰三千公里的阿帕拉契步道。後來又在2004年六月至十一月拜訪了東歐二十五國，回國後擔任微軟顧問，接著在2006年挑戰四千兩百公里的太平洋屋脊步道，並於2007年成為史上首位來回走完大陸分水嶺步道的人，在七個月內走了九千公里。2008至2011年期間，他拜訪了四十幾個歐洲國家，但他把重點放在東歐。2009年，他征服了白朗峰，徒步橫越西班牙兩次：第一次是從地中海穿越庇里牛斯山到大西洋，第二次走的則是聖雅各之路。2013至2018年，他行遍非洲五十四國，征服了其中五十國的最高峰，五年內從未離開非洲大陸。如今他已經背著背包走了兩萬多公里，去過一百二...(展开全部)

From the ""master of historical narrative"" (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work--the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European culture The nineteenth century in Europe was the first age of cultural globalization--an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought Europe together, overcoming national barriers and crea...(展开全部)

'Magnificent. Beautifully written, immaculately researched and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. A tour de force that explains how Europe's cultural life transformed during the course of the 19th century - and so much more' Peter Frankopan From the bestselling author of Natasha's Dance, The Europeans is richly enthralling, panoramic cultural history of nineteenth-centu...(展开全部)

From the “master of historical narrative” (Financial Times), a dazzling, richly detailed, panoramic work―the first to document the genesis of a continent-wide European culture. The nineteenth century in Europe was a time of unprecedented artistic achievement. It was also the first age of cultural globalization―an epoch when mass communications and high-speed rail travel brought...(展开全部)

The Europeans is richly enthralling, panoramic cultural history of nineteenth-century Europe, told through the intertwined lives of three remarkable people: a great singer, Pauline Viardot, a great writer, Ivan Turgenev, and a great connoisseur, Pauline's husband Louis. Their passionate, ambitious lives were bound up with an astonishing array of writers, composers and painters ...(展开全部)

きっ和、それらはぜんぶここにあるべきも的たち。完璧なバランス、そしてすぐにこわされるも的。