The Ambassadors - Couverture souple

James, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140432337 ISBN 13 : 9780140432336

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1986

Synopsis

Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs Newsome sends her 'ambassador' Strether from Massachusetts to Paris to extricate him. Strether's mission, however, is gradually undermined as he falls under the spell of the city and finds Chad refined rather than corrupted by its influence and that of his charming companion, the comtesse de Vionnet. As the summer wears on, Mrs Newsome comes to the conclusion that she must send another envoy to Paris to confront the errant Chad, and a Strether whose view of the world has changed profoundly. James's favourite novel and one of the greatest of his late works, The Ambassadors is a subtle and often witty exploration of different American responses to a European environment.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Henry James was born in 1843 in new York, with Scottish and Irish ancestry. Having studied in New York and Europe, he became a lawyer, and started writing in 1865. Spending time in Paris he knew Flaubert and Turgenev, before moving to London and then Sussex.
Harry Levin has written on James Joyce and Henry James for the Penguin Classics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1986
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0140432337
• ISBN 13: 9780140432336
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 528
• Éditeur: Levin Harry
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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