THE AMBASSADORS

James regarded The Ambassdous,his portrait of an American in Paris,as‘frankly,quite the best,“all American in Paris ,as‘FRANKLY,quite the best,”all round”of my productions’. Strether has been despatched by the resourceful Mrs Nesome as envoy to bring back her son Chad ,who has lingered too long in Erope and must be rescued fron the bohemian disspations of Paris .It is belivevd that Chad is entangled in an unsuitable love affair,and if Strether is succesflu in persuding the return of the prodingl son ,his reward will be Mrs Newome's hand in marriange .This is the innocent spur in a marvllous novel in marriage.this is the innocent spur in a marvellous novel in which paris,and a love affair discovered,come tenderly to symblize ll ttat Strether,James's reticent middle-aged hero,realizes he hs missed. 作者简介： HENRY JAMES（1843-1916 ）.American novelist,play-wright,essayist and critic,James remains one of the most influential of the literary flgures who were writing at the turn the century. Born in New York of both Irish and Scottish ancestry,Henry James was the second of the five chaidren of Sir the day .His father held strong views on how chiden should be buorght up and Henry James,along with his He was tutored privately at home unti 1885and then was eduated intermittently inGeneva,Paris,Boulogne and .Bonn.In1862 he attended Harvard Law School but left after only a year.Encouraged by his friend and fellow-writer William Dean Howells,he Started to wite articles and reviews for various journals. The Ambassadors（1903 ）was first published in twelve monthly instalments in the North American Review.It Is One of Janes＇sfinal three novels and although it was by his own dmisson his favourte,it has sharply divlded crtics in their intepretaeions of it. Raders may also find the follwing books of interst A .Berland ,Culture and Conduct in the Novels of Henry fames （1981 ）;Leon Edel,The CRITICAL Heritage（1986 ）;Fred Kaplan,Henry fames;TheGreat tradition（1946 ） ;Fred Kaplan ,Henry fames; The Great Tradition（1948 ）;F.O.Matthiessen and K.B.Murdock,The Notebooks of Henry fames（1981 ）;and Tony Tanner,Henry fames;The Writer and His Work（1989 ）.