The Ambassadors

图书标准信息

• 作者 Henry James 著；Sandra Kemp 编
• 出版社 Orion Publishing Group, Limited
• 出版时间 2003-06
• ISBN 9780751525366
• 定价 92.20元
• 装帧 其他
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 416页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Everyman Paperback Classics Series

【内容简介】

Thiscomplextaleofself-discovery—consideredbytheauthortobehisbestwork—tracesthepathofanagingidealist,LambertStrether.ArrivinginPariswiththeintentionofpersuadinghisyoungchargetoabandonanobsessionwithaFrenchwomanandreturnhome,Stretherreachesunexpectedconclusions.

ThesecondofJames'sthreelatemasterpieces,was,intheauthor'sopinion,"thebest,allround,ofmyproductions."

【作者简介】

HenryJames
HenryJameswasamasterattracingthesocialboundariesoftheGildedAge--betweenOldandNewWorld,EuropeandAmerica,desireandconvention,menandwomen.Hebroughtaninvaluablyclear-eyed,andcritical,sensibilitytoAmerica'sevolvingculturalmores.

Biography
HenryJames(1843-1916),borninNewYorkCity,wasthesonofnotedreligiousphilosopherHenryJames,Sr.,andbrotherofeminentpsychologistandphilosopherWilliamJames.HespenthisearlylifeinAmericaandstudiedinGeneva,LondonandParisduringhisadolescencetogaintheworldlyexperiencesoprizedbyhisfather.HelivedinNewport,wentbrieflytoHarvardLawSchool,andin1864begantocontributebothcriticismandtalestomagazines.In1869,andthenin1872-74,hepaidvisitstoEuropeandbeganhisfirstnovel,RoderickHudson.Latein1875hesettledinParis,wherehemetTurgenev,Flaubert,andZola,andwroteTheAmerican(1877).InDecember1876hemovedtoLondon,wheretwoyearslaterheachievedinternationalfamewithDaisyMiller.OtherfamousworksincludeWashingtonSquare(1880),ThePortraitofaLady(1881),ThePrincessCasamassima(1886),TheAspernPapers(1888),TheTurnoftheScrew(1898),andthreelargenovelsofthenewcentury,TheWingsoftheDove(1902),TheAmbassadors(1903)andTheGoldenBowl(1904).In1905herevisitedtheUnitedStatesandwroteTheAmericanScene(1907).Duringhiscareer,healsowrotemanyworksofcriticismandtravel.Althougholdandailing,hethrewhimselfintowarworkin1914,andin1915,afewmonthsbeforehisdeath,hebecameaBritishsubject.In1916KingGeorgeVconferredtheOrderofMeritonhim.HediedinLondoninFebruary1916.AuthorbiographycourtesyofPenguinGroup(USA).