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The Ambassadors

by Henry James
Stephen Hoye
Audiobook (Includes supplementary content)
Lambert Strether, a mild, middle-aged American of no particular achievements, is dispatched to Paris from the manufacturing empire of Woollett, Massachusetts. The mission conferred on him by his august patron, Mrs. Newsome, is to discover what, or who, is keeping her son Chad in the notorious city of pleasure and to bring him home. But Strether finds Chad transformed by the influence of a remarkable woman. And as the Parisian spring advances, he himself succumbs to the allure of the "vast bright Babylon" and to the mysterious charm of Madame de Vionnet.
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Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc Edition: Unabridged

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  • ISBN: 9781452620220
  • File size: 522418 KB
  • Release date: December 31, 2010
  • Duration: 18:08:22

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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction Literature

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:1150
Text Difficulty:8-9

Lambert Strether, a mild, middle-aged American of no particular achievements, is dispatched to Paris from the manufacturing empire of Woollett, Massachusetts. The mission conferred on him by his august patron, Mrs. Newsome, is to discover what, or who, is keeping her son Chad in the notorious city of pleasure and to bring him home. But Strether finds Chad transformed by the influence of a remarkable woman. And as the Parisian spring advances, he himself succumbs to the allure of the "vast bright Babylon" and to the mysterious charm of Madame de Vionnet.
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Classic Literature Fiction Literature