The Ambassadors
Descriere
The ambassadors is a 1903 novel by henry james, originally published as a serial in the north american review (nar). The novel is a dark comedy which follows the trip of protagonist lewis lambert strether to europe in pursuit of chad newsome, his widowed fiancée's supposedly wayward son; he is to bring the young man back to the family business, but he encounters unexpected complications. The third-person narrative is told exclusively from strether's point of view.
Despre autor
Henry James, fiu al lui Henry James Sr., frate al filosofului și psihologului William James, respectiv al memorialistei Alice James, a fost un romancier, critic literar, dramaturg și prozator american cu cetățenie britanică din sfârșitul secolului al XIX-lea și începutul secolului al XX-lea.
