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THE AMBASSADORS
by James, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palmyra, New York, United States
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About This Item
Heritage Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1963. Hardcover. E--Red cloth covers mildly worn and rubbed. Wear and rubbing to slipcase. Beautiful color illustrated pages by Leslie Saalburg. Binding sound. Text clean of highlighting, underlining or other pen/pencil marks. A Little Store that's BIG on Service. Tracking on every package. .
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Village Bookmarket
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33927
- Title
- THE AMBASSADORS
- Author
- James, Henry
- Illustrator
- Leslie Saalburg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Heritage Press
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- Fiction, Heritage Press, Henry James
Terms of Sale
Village Bookmarket
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About the Seller
Village Bookmarket
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Palmyra, New York
About Village Bookmarket
Book Repair, Professional, Tender Loving Repair of your books in Distress.Books, used, antiquarian, out-of-print, and gifts including Mini Book Earrings.A Little Shop That is BIG on Service.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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