The Ambassadors
(Book)
Description
"One of the great masterpieces of James's late period--and the author's own favorite among his works. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY. First published in 1903, The Ambassadors follows the middle-aged Lambert Strether, dispatched from Massachusetts to Paris by his wealthy fiancee to "rescue" her son Chad from the corrupting influences of Europe and its wicked women. Once Strether arrives in Paris, however, Chad introduces him to a world that he finds refined and sophisticated, rather than debauched and base. He is especially enchanted by Chad's female companions, Madame de Vionnet and her daughter, Jeanne, and begins to wonder if, all his life, he has missed out on what the wider world has to offer. As his fiancee, waiting in Massachusetts, grows impatient, she sends more ambassadors to retrieve her wayward men. A darkly comic, masterfully written story of liberation, self-discovery, and the meaning of living well"--
"Henry James's novel The Ambassadors, in a hardcover edition with a new introduction, bibliography, and chronology"--
Copies
More Details
Notes
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
James, H., & Churchwell, S. B. (2016). The Ambassadors. New edition. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)James, Henry, 1843-1916 and Sarah Bartlett Churchwell. 2016. The Ambassadors. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)James, Henry, 1843-1916 and Sarah Bartlett Churchwell, The Ambassadors. Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)James, Henry, and Sarah Bartlett Churchwell. The Ambassadors. New edition. Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Staff View
Record Information
| Last Sierra Extract Time | Mar 20, 2025 06:55:00 AM |
|---|---|
| Last File Modification Time | Mar 20, 2025 06:56:09 AM |
| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Mar 31, 2025 03:24:37 AM |
MARC Record
| LEADER | 02789cam a2200421 i 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | ocm933718204 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20250210230354.0 | ||
| 008 | 160419s2016 nyu b 000 1 eng | ||
| 010 | |a 2016018512 | ||
| 019 | |a 933567537 |a 966174473 | ||
| 020 | |a 9781101907825 |q (hardback) | ||
| 020 | |a 1101907827 |q (hardback) | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)933718204 |z (OCoLC)933567537 |z (OCoLC)966174473 | ||
| 040 | |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d BTCTA |d BDX |d YDXCP |d OCLCO |d OCLCF |d OCLCO |d OCLCQ |d OCLCO |d LTSCA |d OCLCQ | ||
| 042 | |a pcc | ||
| 043 | |a e-fr--- | ||
| 050 | 0 | 0 | |a PS2116 |b .A5 2016 |
| 082 | 0 | 0 | |a 813/.4 |2 23 |
| 100 | 1 | |a James, Henry, |d 1843-1916, |e author. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78091982 | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The Ambassadors / |c Henry James ; with an introduction by Sarah Churchwell. |
| 250 | |a New edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Alfred A. Knopf, |c [2016] | |
| 300 | |a xxxvi., 493 pages ; |c 21 cm. | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 490 | 1 | |a Everyman's Library | |
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references. | ||
| 520 | |a "One of the great masterpieces of James's late period--and the author's own favorite among his works. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY. First published in 1903, The Ambassadors follows the middle-aged Lambert Strether, dispatched from Massachusetts to Paris by his wealthy fiancee to "rescue" her son Chad from the corrupting influences of Europe and its wicked women. Once Strether arrives in Paris, however, Chad introduces him to a world that he finds refined and sophisticated, rather than debauched and base. He is especially enchanted by Chad's female companions, Madame de Vionnet and her daughter, Jeanne, and begins to wonder if, all his life, he has missed out on what the wider world has to offer. As his fiancee, waiting in Massachusetts, grows impatient, she sends more ambassadors to retrieve her wayward men. A darkly comic, masterfully written story of liberation, self-discovery, and the meaning of living well"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
| 520 | |a "Henry James's novel The Ambassadors, in a hardcover edition with a new introduction, bibliography, and chronology"-- |c Provided by publisher | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Americans |z France |v Fiction. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100590 | |
| 651 | 0 | |a Paris (France) |v Fiction. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109262 | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Churchwell, Sarah Bartlett, |d 1970- |e writer of introduction. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr98018826 | |
| 830 | 0 | |a Everyman's library (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.) ; |v 374. |0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n91060780 | |
| 907 | |a .b27237849 | ||
| 945 | |y .i67725235 |i 20802776763 |l lbaf |s - |h |u 0 |x 0 |w 0 |v 0 |t 2 |z 11-02-22 |r - |o - |a F James | ||
| 998 | |e - |d a |f eng |a lb | ||