Christopher Newman, a \'self-made\' American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde.
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When Newman discovers a guilty secret in the Bellegardes\' past, he confronts a moral dilemma: Should he expose them and thus gain his revenge? James\'s masterly early work is at once a social comedy, a melodramatic romance and a realistic novel of manners.
Her family, however, taken aback by his brash American manner, rejects his proposal of marriage.
Christopher Newman, a \'self-made\' American millionaire in France, falls in love with the beautiful aristocratic Claire de Bellegarde