In the second novel of JamesÕs celebrated late period, American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs Newsome, hisÊ fiancŽe, to collect her son, Chad. When Strether finds Chad, he discovers an altered man and becomes introduced to a free and unconventional style of life that soon intoxicates him. His views begin to change; the morality of Woollett, his hometown, becomes foreign, and the ÔambassadorÕ loses sight of his missionÉ Part tragedy, part comedy, The Ambassadors is a rewarding portrait about one manÕs late awakening. Ê
In the second novel of JamesÕs celebrated late period, American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs Newsome, hisÊ fiancŽe, to collect her son, Chad. When Strether finds Chad, he discovers an altered man and becomes introduced to a free and unconventional style of life that soon int...