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020    $a 1421828146
020    $a 9781421828145 (ebk.)
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020    $a 9781421827148 (pbk.)
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020    $a 9781421826141 (hardcover)
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100 1  $a James, Henry.
245 1  $a The Ambassadors. / $c Henry James.
250    $a 1st ed.
260    $a Fairfield, IA : $b 1st World Library - Literary Society, $c 2006.
263    $a 0610
300    $a 511 p. $c 23 cm.
520    $a The Ambassadors, which Henry James considered his best work, is the most exquisite refinement of his favorite theme: the collision of American innocence with European experience. This time, James recounts the continental journey of Louis Lambert Strether--a fiftysomething man of the world who has been dispatched abroad by a rich widow, Mrs. Newsome. His mission: to save her son Chadwick from the clutches of a wicked woman, and to convince the prodigal to return to Woollett, Massachusetts. Instead, this all-American envoy finds Europe growing on him. Strether also becomes involved in a very Jamesian "relation" with the fascinating Miss Maria Gostrey, a fellow American and informal Sacajawea to her compatriots. Clearly Paris has "improved" Chad beyond recognition, and convincing him to return to the U.S. is going to be a very, very hard sell.
650    $a Classic literature.
650    $a Europe culture.
650    $a American culture.
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952    $l HRPE845 $d 20120726012505.0
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