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The Ambassadors

By Henry James
Introduction by Colm Toibin

By Henry James
Introduction by Colm Toibin

By Henry James
Introduction by Sarah Churchwell

By Henry James
Introduction by Sarah Churchwell

By Henry James
Introduction by Colm Toibin

By Henry James
Introduction by Colm Toibin

By Henry James
Read by Walter Zimmerman

By Henry James
Read by Walter Zimmerman

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Jan 10, 2012 | ISBN 9780812982701

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Sep 20, 2016 | ISBN 9781101907825

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Jan 10, 2012 | ISBN 9780679644088

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Jan 01, 2000 | 1170 Minutes

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    About The Ambassadors

    Introduction by Colm Tóibín

    One of the final masterpieces from one of the world’s greatest authors, Henry James’s The Ambassadors is now available for the first time in a Modern Library edition, with a new Introduction by acclaimed novelist Colm Tóibín. A keenly observed tale of a man’s awakening to life, this dark comic novel follows Lewis Lambert Strether, a middle-aged widower, on a mission to Europe to convince his fiancée’s wayward son to forsake the pleasures of Paris and return to America. Rich with fin de siècle detail, The Ambassadors brims with finely drawn character portraits, including one of the Master’s most unforgettable heroines—the beguiling Madame de Vionnet. This was the novel that Henry James himself considered his finest, and no one is better equipped to put it into literary and historical context than Colm Tóibín, whose award-winning novel The Master depicted the inner life of James in the final years of the nineteenth century.

    About The Ambassadors

    A new Everyman’s Library hardcover edition of The Ambassadors–one of the great masterpieces of Henry James’s late period, and the author’s own favorite among his works.

    First published in 1903, the novel follows middle-aged Lambert Strether as he is dispatched from Massachusetts to Paris by his wealthy fiancée to rescue her son, Chad Newsome, from the corrupting influences of Europe and its wicked women. Once the mild-mannered and inexperienced Strether arrives in Paris, however, Chad introduces him to a world that he finds refined and sophisticated, rather than debauched and base. Mrs. Newsome, waiting in Massachusetts, grows impatient and sends more ambassadors to retrieve her wayward men. But Strether has become especially enchanted by Chad’s female friends Madame de Vionnet and her daughter, Jeanne, and he begins to wonder if, all his life, he has missed out on what the wider world has to offer. “Live all you can; it’s a mistake not to,” he tells a friend in one of the most memorable scenes in this darkly comic, masterfully written story of liberation, self-discovery, and the meaning of living well.

    About The Ambassadors

    Introduction by Colm Tóibín

    One of the final masterpieces from one of the world’s greatest authors, Henry James’s The Ambassadors is now available for the first time in a Modern Library edition, with a new Introduction by acclaimed novelist Colm Tóibín. A keenly observed tale of a man’s awakening to life, this dark comic novel follows Lewis Lambert Strether, a middle-aged widower, on a mission to Europe to convince his fiancée’s wayward son to forsake the pleasures of Paris and return to America. Rich with fin de siècle detail, The Ambassadors brims with finely drawn character portraits, including one of the Master’s most unforgettable heroines—the beguiling Madame de Vionnet. This was the novel that Henry James himself considered his finest, and no one is better equipped to put it into literary and historical context than Colm Tóibín, whose award-winning novel The Master depicted the inner life of James in the final years of the nineteenth century.

    About The Ambassadors

    Introduction by Colm Tóibín

    One of the final masterpieces from one of the world’s greatest authors, Henry James’s The Ambassadors is now available for the first time in a Modern Library edition, with a new Introduction by acclaimed novelist Colm Tóibín. A keenly observed tale of a man’s awakening to life, this dark comic novel follows Lewis Lambert Strether, a middle-aged widower, on a mission to Europe to convince his fiancée’s wayward son to forsake the pleasures of Paris and return to America. Rich with fin de siècle detail, The Ambassadors brims with finely drawn character portraits, including one of the Master’s most unforgettable heroines—the beguiling Madame de Vionnet. This was the novel that Henry James himself considered his finest, and no one is better equipped to put it into literary and historical context than Colm Tóibín, whose award-winning novel The Master depicted the inner life of James in the final years of the nineteenth century.

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    About Henry James

    Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, on Washington Place in New York to the most intellectually remarkable of American families. His father, Henry James Sr., was a brilliant and eccentric religious philosopher; his brother was one of the… More about Henry James

    About Henry James

    Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, on Washington Place in New York to the most intellectually remarkable of American families. His father, Henry James Sr., was a brilliant and eccentric religious philosopher; his brother was one of the… More about Henry James

    About Henry James

    Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, on Washington Place in New York to the most intellectually remarkable of American families. His father, Henry James Sr., was a brilliant and eccentric religious philosopher; his brother was one of the… More about Henry James

    About Henry James

    Henry James was born on April 15, 1843, on Washington Place in New York to the most intellectually remarkable of American families. His father, Henry James Sr., was a brilliant and eccentric religious philosopher; his brother was one of the… More about Henry James

    Product Details

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $11.00
    Published by Modern Library
    Jan 10, 2012 | 576 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812982701

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Hardcover | $25.00
    Published by Everyman’s Library
    Sep 20, 2016 | 536 Pages | 4-7/8 x 8 | ISBN 9781101907825

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $4.99
    Published by Modern Library
    Jan 10, 2012 | 576 Pages | ISBN 9780679644088

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Audiobooks

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    Published by Random House Audio
    Jan 01, 2000 | 1170 Minutes | ISBN 9781415914793

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