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<title><![CDATA[The American by Henry James]]></title>
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<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[One of James’s early novels, The American plunges right in to one of the writer’s most enduring subjects, that of the innocent, or at least inexperienced, American abroad,...]]></itunes:subtitle>

<itunes:summary><![CDATA[One of James’s early novels, The American plunges right in to one of the writer’s most enduring subjects, that of the innocent, or at least inexperienced, American abroad, seeking to come to terms with the social customs and conventions of an old European aristocracy (think of Daisy Miller, Portrait of a Lady, The Wings of the Dove and others). The aptly named Christopher Newman, having made a small fortune from business in California, has come to the Old World for the first time, determined to enlarge his experience by learning all he can of it. In Paris he meets an old acquaintance, Tom Tristram, who (though he himself has little interest in educating himself about Europe) shows him around, and introduces him to the young widow Claire de Cintre, whose family – the aristocratic de Bellegardes – distrust his American brashness and commercialism. Claire, nonetheless, agrees to marry him, thus pulling Newman, rather more deeply than he is prepared for, into a society that closely guards its secrets, and forcing him to face new and quite unexpected questions.(Introduction by Nicholas Clifford)]]></itunes:summary>

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<title><![CDATA[01 - Chapter I]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[02 - Chnapter II]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[03 - Chapter III]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[04 - Chapter IV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[05 - Chapter V]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[06 - Chapter VI]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[07 - Chapter VII]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[08 - Chapter VIII]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[09 - Chapter IX]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[10 - Chapter X]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[11 - Chapter XI]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[12 - Chapter XII]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[13 - Chapter XIII]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[14 - Chapter XIV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[15 - Chapter XV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[16 - Chapter XVI]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[17 - Chapter XVII]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[18 - Chapter XVIII]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[19 - Chapter XIX]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[20 - Chapter XX]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[21 - Chapter XXI]]></title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[22 - Chapter XXII]]></title>
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<title><![CDATA[23 - Chapter XXIII]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[24 - Chapter XXIV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[25 - Chapter XXV]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[26 - Chapter XXVI]]></title>
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