Ver a tamaño completo.
The Ambassadors (Everyman's Library No. 987)
de James, Henry
- Usado
- Tapa dura
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
London: J. M. Dent & Sons. 1959. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine very lightly faded. Introduction by Frank Swinnerton. Small ink notation to lower portion of page 370. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xiv, 370pp. . Reprint. Hardback.
Sinopsis
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.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Adelaide Booksellers
(AU)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- BIB313409
- Título
- The Ambassadors (Everyman's Library No. 987)
- Autor
- James, Henry
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hardback
- Estado del libro
- Usado -
- Edición
- Reprint
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- J. M. Dent & Sons
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1959
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Literature;
Términos de venta
Adelaide Booksellers
Returns - all books can be returned within 7 days of receipt IF NOT AS DESCRIBED. Shipping is based on a 1kg parcel. International parcels are shipped by airmail (7 to 10 working days delivery).
Sobre el vendedor
Adelaide Booksellers
Miembro de Biblio desde 2004
Clarence Gardens, South Australia
Sobre Adelaide Booksellers
Antiquarian and Secondhand Bookseller. Member ANZAAB.Founded in 1979, Adelaide Booksellers is one of Adelaide's oldest and most respected secondhand and antiquarian booksellers. Members of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers [ANZAAB]. Has Adelaide's most comprehensive selection of book on military history. Also a very good range of Australiana books, Childrens's Books, Art and History books.Something for every budget. Now primarily an online/telephone seller but open to the public by arrangement.
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
