by Henry James · Wordsworth Editions Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781853260346
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«The Ambassadors» is the classic novel by American writer Henry James, published by Wordsworth Editions in paperback (370 pages, in English).
Sent by the wealthy Mrs. Newsome, the American Strether travels to Paris to persuade her son Chad to return to Massachusetts and take over the family business. The city and the Comtesse de Vionnet transform his worldview, in a novel about the clash between American and European culture, freedom, and the pursuit of happiness.
Novel originally published in 1903 and issued in the Wordsworth Classics collection; complete text.
Work aimed at readers of classic fiction and those interested in early 20th-century American literature.
Henry James was an American-British author. He is regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism, and is considered by many to be among the greatest novelists in the English language. He was the son of theologian Henry James Sr. and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James.
