The Ambassadors (Summarized Edition)

The Ambassadors (1903) is Henry James's definitive exploration of the "international theme," following Lambert Strether from Woollett, Massachusetts, to Paris to reclaim Chad Newsome, only to discover a subtler education in perception and renunciation. Through James's late style—pliant, recursive sentences; the scenic method; strict center of consciousness—the novel layers nuance around Maria Gost...