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The Ambassadors - Konemann Travel Classics Series
by Henry James
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 3895082309
- ISBN 13
- 9783895082306
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About This Item
Konemann, Germany, 1996. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Hardcover. 463 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Konemann, Germany, 1996. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in near fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket has superficial rubbing. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition except for foxing to top edge of pages. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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' 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. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; Travel & Places. ISBN: 3895082309. ISBN/EAN: 9783895082306. Inventory No: 24030222.. 9783895082306
Synopsis
Chad Newsome has gone to Paris. He is charmed by Old World fascinations and caught up in the leisurely craft and bohemian direction of European worldliness. An older woman of rank and adventurous but subtle skill, Madame de Vionnet, strokes his ego and does her best to keep Chad in Paris indefinitely. Chad's mother lives in Woollett, Mass., and wants her son to return to run the family business. Mrs. Newsome is an invalid and cannot go to Paris to fetch her son herself, so she employs Lambert Strether and Sarah Pocock to return Chad to Massachusetts. Sarah has been to Paris before and is aware of its attractiveness, so her determination to succeed in this task is fixed and uncompromising. Strether is of later middle age, however, and inspired by the fairytale of a beautiful life in Europe. Mrs. Newsome has promised to marry Strether if he can bring Chad home. Strether is completely enamored by the Parisian character and its enchantments and has a difficult time completing his mission. The drama of reestablishing Chad in business in America and of coming to terms with the mythological romance of France leaves the reader unbalanced, trying to recover equilibrium in the real world. Those involved with Chad's rescue are compelled to recognize the deep intimacies of personal attachment and the accepted proprieties of direct consequence. The success and failures of such an undertaking are unpredictable. The result of every character's attempt to steer Chad rightly is a strange conglomeration of role reversal, fantasy, and truth.
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24030222
- Title
- The Ambassadors - Konemann Travel Classics Series
- Author
- Henry James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 3895082309
- ISBN 13
- 9783895082306
- Publisher
- Konemann
- Place of Publication
- Germany
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Fiction; The Ambassadors - Konemann Travel Classics Series
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die; Fiction; Travel & Places;
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