The Reverberator (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781161475487)

The Reverberator is a novel by the renowned American author, Henry James. The story is set in Paris in the late 19th century and revolves around the lives of American expatriates. The main character, George Flack, is a journalist who writes for the New York newspaper, The Reverberator. Flack is always looking for a good story and is constantly on the lookout for scandalous gossip to report back to his readers.The novel begins with Flack meeting a pair of American sisters, Francie and Delia Dosson, who have recently arrived in Paris. The sisters are wealthy and well-connected, and Flack sees them as a potential source of juicy gossip for his newspaper. He quickly befriends them and begins to pry into their personal lives.As Flack delves deeper into the Dosson sisters' lives, he uncovers a web of secrets and scandals that threaten to ruin their reputations. The sisters' relationships with various men, including a French count and an American artist, are called into question, and Flack's reporting causes a stir among the American expatriate community in Paris.The Reverberator is a satirical take on the world of journalism and the power of the press to shape public opinion. James uses the character of George Flack to criticize the sensationalism and lack of ethics in the media. The novel also explores themes of love, marriage, and social class in the context of American expatriate life in Paris.Overall, The Reverberator is a witty and entertaining novel that offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of American expatriates in Europe during the late 19th century.None the less Charles Waterlow, who thought he had charming parts, held that the best way hadn't been taken to make a man of him, and the zeal with which the painter appeared to have proposed to repair that mistake was founded in esteem, though it sometimes flowered in freedom. Waterlow combined in odd fashion many of the forms of the Parisian studio with the moral and social ideas of Brooklyn Long Island, where the seeds of his strictness had been sown.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Henry James
ISBN-10: 1161475486
ISBN-13: 9781161475487
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2010
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.04lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.38d