The Ambassadors
The middle-aged American Lambert Strether is sent to Paris to retrieve his patron’s wayward son, only to find himself seduced by the beauty and freedom of European life and questioning everything he has left unlived. James’s late masterpiece is a subtle, richly textured study of awakening, missed chances, and the collision of American innocence with Old World experience. Written in his famously intricate style, it rewards patient readers with profound psychological insight and one of literature’s most poignant lessons: ‘Live all you can.’ Regarded by James himself as his finest novel, The Ambassadors is a luminous meditation on perception, freedom, and the ache of a life too cautiously lived.
About the Author
Henry James was an American-British writer and a master of the psychological novel. Works such as The Portrait of a Lady, The Turn of the Screw, and The Ambassadors explore consciousness, society, and the clash between American and European life.
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Listen to The Ambassadors by Henry James free online. The full audiobook (16 hr 47 min, 37 chapters, read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)) streams free on this page.
The Ambassadors (1903) is a public domain work.
| # | Chapter | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 00 - Preface | 46:55 | |
| 2 | 01 - Book First, chapter 1 | 30:40 | |
| 3 | 02 - Book First, chapter 2 | 20:25 | |
| 4 | 03 - Book First, chapter 3 | 19:03 | |
| 5 | 04 - Book Second, chapter 1 | 42:12 | |
| 6 | 05 - Book Second, chapter 2 | 41:46 | |
| 7 | 06 - Book Third, chapter 1 | 25:31 | |
| 8 | 07 - Book Third, chapter 2 | 42:26 | |
| 9 | 08 - Book Fourth, chapter 1 | 25:17 | |
| 10 | 09 - Book Fourth, chapter 2 | 44:42 | |
| 11 | 10 - Book Fifth, chapter 1 | 25:44 | |
| 12 | 11 - Book Fifth, chapter 2 | 26:18 | |
| 13 | 12 - Book Fifth, chapter 3 | 25:06 | |
| 14 | 13 - Book Sixth, Chapter 1 | 21:41 | |
| 15 | 14 - Book Sixth, Chapter 2 | 23:26 | |
| 16 | 15 - Book Sixth, Chapter 3 | 27:49 | |
| 17 | 16 - Book Seventh, Chapter 1 | 35:28 | |
| 18 | 17 - Book Seventh, Chapter 2 | 22:05 | |
| 19 | 18 - Book Seventh, Chapter 3 | 26:15 | |
| 20 | 19 - Book Eighth, Chapter 1 | 25:25 | |
| 21 | 20 - Book Eighth, Chapter 2 | 30:23 | |
| 22 | 21 - Book Eighth, Chapter 3 | 32:03 | |
| 23 | 22 - Book Ninth, Chapter 1 | 34:35 | |
| 24 | 23 - Book Ninth, Chapter 2 | 16:37 | |
| 25 | 24 - Book Ninth, Chapter 3 | 23:45 | |
| 26 | 25 - Book Tenth, Chapter 1 | 39:22 | |
| 27 | 26 - Book Tenth, Chapter 2 | 20:33 | |
| 28 | 27 - Book Tenth, Chapter 3 | 20:00 | |
| 29 | 28 - Book Eleventh, Chapter 1 | 28:56 | |
| 30 | 29 - Book Eleventh, Chapter 2 | 28:48 | |
| 31 | 30 - Book Eleventh, Chapter 3 | 19:53 | |
| 32 | 31 - Book Eleventh, Chapter 4 | 19:20 | |
| 33 | 32 - Book Twelfth, Chapter 1 | 18:40 | |
| 34 | 33 - Book Twelfth, Chapter 2 | 15:51 | |
| 35 | 34 - Book Twelfth, Chapter 3 | 22:37 | |
| 36 | 35 - Book Twelfth, Chapter 4 | 23:34 | |
| 37 | 36 - Book Twelfth, Chapter 5 | 13:31 |
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