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...The first of only three novels by English author Howard Overing Sturgis, the son of wealthy American expatriates and a close friend of Henry James, Tim portrays a sensitive young boy’s affection for an older boy. (Introduction by Dorlene Kaplan)...

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...ne, a compatriot of hers with much more sophistication. His pursuit of her is hampered by her own flirtatiousness, which is frowned upon by the other expatriates they meet in Switzerland and Italy. Her lack of understanding of the social mores of the society she so desperately wishes to enter ultimately leads to tragedy. (Summary from Wikipedia)...

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...destiny and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set mostly in Europe, notably England and Italy.Generally regarded as the masterpiece of his early phase of writing, this novel reflects James's absorbing interest in the differ...

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...destiny and finds it overwhelming. She inherits a large amount of money and subsequently becomes the victim of Machiavellian scheming by two American expatriates. Like many of James's novels, it is set mostly in Europe, notably England and Italy. Generally regarded as the masterpiece of his early phase of writing, this novel reflects James's absorbing interest in the diffe...

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..., and their actions. The dialogue is delightful, both in the lighter conversations and in the more passionate speeches. Aided by the social milieu of expatriates in a historic city of art and culture, the story moves at first slowly and pleasantly, but begins to build inexorably toward an emotional crisis. As the whole plot unwinds before us, we can eventually see that the...

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...erwear, and they will do the rest. I am not sure it works, but many seasoned expatriates swear their friends often get married to some often unsavory...

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...absorbing, mordant thoughts and reminded them (the patriot and the pending expatriates) of their commonality as Thais. They passed a mall where ...

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...tan, like certain belles, still survives on the kindness of others - remittances by expatriates and other external capital flows account for 10% of ... ...them are still there emotionally. This holds true for numerous other Iraqi exiles, expatriates and immigrants in the far-flung diaspora. There are ... ... Tuesday against a provisional administration composed substantially of exiles and expatriates: ``It would be a mistake to short-circuit the domest...

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...ng officials is often the unstated policy of multinationals, foreign investors, and expatriates. Many of them believe that it is inevitable if one i... ...ntation - Identify potential customers - for instance, foreign direct investors, or expatriates and the diaspora. II. Targeting - Concentrate on th... ... officials have to contend with crumbling budgets as the funds are diverted to rich expatriates doing the same job for a multiple of the cost and wi...

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...overnments (e.g., Israel, China, Venezuela, Uruguay, Ethiopia), encourage expatriates to share their skills with their counterparts in their country...

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...adjec- tive Caymanian Ethnic divisions: 40% mixed, 20% white, 20% black, 20% expatriates of various ethnic groups Religion: United Church (Presbyteria... ...isions: 19% Emirian, 23% other Arab, 50% South Asian (fluctuating), 8% other expatriates (includes Westerners and East Asians); fewer than 20% of the ...

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...i American, or at any rate an American Thai, and, unequivocally, both were expatriates of this world. As if it were not ironic enough to lack supersti...

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... a former sub-delegate who had lately removed from the town. When a family expatriates itself, the natives of a place as attractive as Issoudun have a...

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...e no blame to the old country. But there is the fact. The Irishman when he expatriates him- self to one of those American States loses much of that af...