The Ambassadors
Author: James, Henry
ISBN: 9780141441320
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 544
Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Part of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous novels and short stories
When Chadwick Newsome, a young American favoured with fortune and independence, becomes entangled in a liaison dangereux 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 a sparkling tale of mistaken intentions, comic accident and false allegiances which culminates in the deployment of another, less fallible ambassador - the cold, glittering, ruthless Sarah Pocock.
ISBN: 9780141441320
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2008
Pages: 544
Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 23mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Part of a series of new editions of Henry James's most famous novels and short stories
When Chadwick Newsome, a young American favoured with fortune and independence, becomes entangled in a liaison dangereux 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 a sparkling tale of mistaken intentions, comic accident and false allegiances which culminates in the deployment of another, less fallible ambassador - the cold, glittering, ruthless Sarah Pocock.
