Henry James

There were other ghosts in his life than the ghost of Mary Antrim. He had perhaps not had more losses than most men, but he had counted his losses more; he hadn't seen death more closely, but had in a manner felt it more deeply. He had formed little by little the habit of numbering his Dead: it had come to him early …

The Ambassadors é um romance de Henry James, publicado originalmente como série na North American Review em 1903. Esta comédia sombria, uma das obras-primas do perído final de James, segue a viagem do protagonista Lewis Lambert Strether à Europa, em busca de Chad, o filho rebelde de sua noiva enviuvada; ele deve …