The Ambassadors
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The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James that follows an American envoy in Europe and is celebrated for its intricate psychological insight and refined narrative style.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Ambassadors canonical | 9 |
| The Ambassadors (1903) | 1 |
| The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger | 1 |
| novel The Ambassadors | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
ⓘ
novel ⓘ |
| adaptation | stage adaptations ⓘ |
| author | Henry James ⓘ |
| centralConflict | duty versus personal fulfillment ⓘ |
| centralMotif | the journey to Europe ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| firstPublishedIn | North American Review ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
ⓘ
psychological novel ⓘ realist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacterRole | Strether as observer and moral center ⓘ |
| knownFor |
complex sentence structure
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intricate psychological insight ⓘ refined narrative style ⓘ subtle characterization ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 19th-century / early 20th-century literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | considered one of Henry James’s masterpieces ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Chad Newsome
ⓘ
Lewis Lambert Strether ⓘ Madame de Vionnet ⓘ Maria Gostrey ⓘ Mrs. Newsome ⓘ |
| movement |
literary realism
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modernist precursor ⓘ |
| narrativePointOfView | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | free indirect discourse ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Henry James’s late style novels ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorOeuvre | one of Henry James’s three major late novels ⓘ |
| protagonist | Lewis Lambert Strether ⓘ |
| publicationFormat |
book
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serial ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1903 ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
The Golden Bowl
ⓘ
The Wings of the Dove ⓘ |
| settingLocation |
Chester, United Kingdom
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surface form:
Chester, England
Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
Woollett, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
American versus European culture
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moral ambiguity ⓘ perception and reality ⓘ renunciation ⓘ self-discovery ⓘ social conventions ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 19th century / early 20th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein the Younger
this entity surface form:
novel The Ambassadors
this entity surface form:
The Ambassadors (1903)