First published in 1903, The Ambassadors is widely regarded as one of Henry James’s greatest novels, a masterful study of consciousness, moral awakening, and the cost of self-discovery.
The story follows Lambert Strether, a middle-aged American sent to Europe on a seemingly simple mission: to retrieve a wayward young man from the temptations of Paris. Yet as Strether becomes immersed in the richness of European life, art, and relationships, his rigid sense of duty begins to unravel. W ...