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1Author:  Wharton review: Moss, MaryRequires cookie*
 Title:  Mrs. Wharton's "Madame de Treymes"  
 Published:  1996 
 Subjects:  University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text 
 Description: Since such crude early attempts as Theodore Fay's preposterous Norman Leslie deserve scant consideration, Mr. Henry James may safely claim to have discovered the international episode as a motive for American fiction. In spite of many competitors, he has hitherto kept an easy supremacy in this field, with such masterpieces as Daisy Miller, The American, The Princess Casamassima, The Ambassadors, The Golden Bowl, not to mention a host of short stories. But among this brilliant company, Mrs. Wharton's Madame de Treymes must instantly take undisputed place. In fact, the author fairly challenges comparison by choosing a theme almost identical with that of The American— the clash between a spirited outsider and the intangible resistance of Old World traditions and standards. And to be frank, her latest story excels Mr. James's early one in the matter of probability. For my part I have never been quite satisfied that a man of Newman's imaginative force would not have broken through the network of obstacles, if only by not appreciating them, and have ended by carrying off the object of his homage.
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