num_pages: 393
description: Lambert Strether is sent by his wealthy fiancee, Mrs Newsome, to Paris to bring home her son Chad who is required to take charge of the family business. When Strether arrives he discovers the young man much changed by his old world environment and his relations with the Countess de Vionette.
language: English
title: The Ambassadors
titlecomplete: The Ambassadors
characters: Waymarsh, Marie de Vionnet, Chadwick Newsome, Lambert Strether, Maria Gostrey
genres: Literature, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Classic Literature, American, Novels, Fiction, Classics, France, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 12293
places: France, Paris
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd