From Normandy To The Pyrenees Author:Henry James IF I had not cut short my mild retrospect by these possibly milder generalizations, I should have touched lightly upon some of the social phenomena of which the little beach at Etretal was the scene. I shall have narrated that the French, at the seaside, are not "sociable" as Americans affect to be in a similar situation, and I should subjoin th... more »at at Etretal it was very well on the whole that they were not.« less