The Ambassadors

The Ambassadors
Cover of the first UK edition
AuthorHenry James
LanguageEnglish
GenreDark Comedy
PublisherMethuen & Co., London
Harper & Brothers, New York City
Publication date
Methuen: 24-Sept-1903
Harpers: 6-Nov-1903
Publication placeUnited Kingdom, United States
Media typePrint (Serial)
PagesMethuen: 458
Harpers: 432
OCLC503867

The Ambassadors is a 1903 novel by Henry James, originally published as a serial in the North American Review (NAR). The novel is a dark comedy which follows the trip of protagonist Lewis Lambert Strether to Europe to bring the son of his widowed fiancée back to the family business. The novel is written in the third-person, from Strether's point of view.