{"product_id":"the-ambassadors-henry-james-9781101907825","title":"The Ambassadors: Introduction by Sarah Churchwell","description":"A new Everyman's Library hardcover edition of\u003ci\u003e The Ambassadors--\u003c\/i\u003eone of the great masterpieces of Henry James's late period, and the author's own favorite among his works. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1903, the novel follows middle-aged Lambert Strether as he is dispatched from Massachusetts to Paris by his wealthy fianc e to rescue her son, Chad Newsome, from the corrupting influences of Europe and its wicked women. Once the mild-mannered and inexperienced Strether arrives in Paris, however, Chad introduces him to a world that he finds refined and sophisticated, rather than debauched and base. Mrs. Newsome, waiting in Massachusetts, grows impatient and sends more ambassadors to retrieve her wayward men. But Strether has become especially enchanted by Chad's female friends Madame de Vionnet and her daughter, Jeanne, and he begins to wonder if, all his life, he has missed out on what the wider world has to offer. \"Live all you can; it's a mistake not to,\" he tells a friend in one of the most memorable scenes in this darkly comic, masterfully written story of liberation, self-discovery, and the meaning of living well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry James\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1101907827\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781101907825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Everyman's Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.30d","brand":"Henry James","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994195198207,"sku":"9781101907825","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ca5a9093-3ef8-4cbc-996a-8f71fb051f08.jpg?v=1683328691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-ambassadors-henry-james-9781101907825","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}