The Ambassadors (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry James
- First Published: 1903
- Type of Work: Psychological Novel of Manners
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Values, Mothers, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, France or French people, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, Paris, Ethics, Aristocracy or aristocrats
- Locales: Paris, France, England
Lambert Strether, a 55-year-old widower, edits a literary magazine sponsored by Mrs. Newsome, a wealthy widow, who sends him from Massachusetts to Paris to bring back her son Chad, who has overstayed his time and must return to take over the family business. If Strether succeeds, he will marry Mrs. Newsome, who fears that her son may be involved with a French mistress.
In Europe, Strether is taken in hand by Maria Gostrey, an American who escorts foreign visitors. She knows Chad, who is out of town, and his friends Mme de Vionnet, age 38, and her 18-year-old daughter, one of whom...
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