The Ambassadors
$23.67
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
11 May 2008
Summary
The Ambassadors: A Sparkling Tale of Parisian Entanglement
When Chadwick Newsome, a young American favored with fortune and independence, becomes entangled in a liaison dangereuse with a Parisian temptress, his overbearing mother deploys her future husband, the elderly, amiable Strether, as an ambassador to engineer his safe return.
But seduced by the ambient charms of Paris and the bewitching comtesse de Vionnet, Strether soon deserts to Chadwick’s side, initiating…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141441320 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141441321 |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
| Author: | Henry James, Adrian Poole |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 11 May 2008 |
| Weight: | 372g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 23mm |
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About The Author
Henry James
Henry James was born on April 15th 1843 in New York. He was the brother of the philosopher and psychologist William James. He spent a great deal of his life in Europe, especially England. He is best known for his cosmopolitan and often haunting portraits of European and American life. His most famous fictional works include The Portrait of a Lady (1881), What Maisie Knew (1897), The Turn of the Screw (1898), The Wings of the Dove (1902), The Ambassadors (1903) and The Golden Bowl (1904). He also wrote literary criticism, most famously The Art of the Fiction (1884). He died on February 28th 1916.
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