The Ambassadors
Written by Henry James
Narrated by John Chancer
4/5
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About this audiobook
In the second novel of James’s celebrated late period, American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris on behalf of Mrs Newsome, his fiancee, 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 ‘ambassador’ loses sight of his mission... Part tragedy, part comedy, The Ambassadors is a rewarding portrait about one man’s late awakening.
Henry James
Henry James (1843-1916) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays, and non-fiction. He spent most of his life in Europe, and much of his work regards the interactions and complexities between American and European characters. Among his works in this vein are The Portrait of a Lady (1881), The Bostonians (1886), and The Ambassadors (1903). Through his influence, James ushered in the era of American realism in literature. In his lifetime he wrote 12 plays, 112 short stories, 20 novels, and many travel and critical works. He was nominated three times for the Noble Prize in Literature.
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Reviews for The Ambassadors
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- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Very long and excessively wordy. Making a 19h book out of a 3h story. It is rated as one of his best but I don't agree. Portrait of a lady is much better
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Of James' late masterworks (from one who counts only his writing after 1890 as being worth remembering, and considers the pop schlock Washington SQ and Portrait fast food fodder), the Ambassadors, while better than those popular books, does not accomplish the magic of The Wings of the Dove or The Golden Bowl, born excellent books. It does, however, contain many adroit comparisons and aphorisms of note. The American narrator, at first conveying generally competence, if not inspiration, begins to awkwardly butcher the careful precipices of James' a abstract sentences, and unmistakably is not even following the author's meaning.. to those intent on comprension, his tone deaf jutty robot act is no service. Moreover, he insists on pronouncing the word "been" as "bean," as in the high British manner-- every time. This brazenly obnoxious affectation will scratch your ears to the point where you're more unwillingly conscious of the ubiquity of this past participle than you've ever BEEN.