The Europeans: illustrated - first published in 1878 (1st. Page Classics)

Eugenia and her bohemian brother, Felix, are coming back to America. They were raised and cultured in Europe and want to seek out their rich and innocent cousins. Eugenia wins the attentions of Robert Acton, while also seducing her younger cousin, Clifford. But her foreign gentility and audacity confuse the puritanical customs of the New World. On the other hand, Felix's luxurious romantic ways are attractive to American women. The short novel "The Europeans", first published in 1878, is the confrontation of two cultures with their differing values and expectations. It shows Henry James' comic genius.