was written during 1900-1901, at the start of a dramatically productive period of James’s career which also included
The Wings of the Dove(1902) and
The Golden Bowl(1904). Although it was written immediately before
The Wings of the Dove, the book publication of
The Ambassadorswas delayed to accommodate its serialisation in twelve instalments in
The North American Reviewduring 1903. The complete novel was published later in the same year by Methuen in Great Britain and by Harpers in the United States. For the New York Edition of his work, James lightly revised the text and added a lengthy Preface discussing the genesis of the story and his own literary method (Scribner, 1909). The revised version of
The Ambassadorsappeared in volumes 21 and 22 of the New York Edition…
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Citation: Hutchison, Hazel McNair. "The Ambassadors". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 10 March 2009 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1579, accessed 04 May 2024.]
