Strether

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Strether is the reflective, middle-aged protagonist of Henry James's novel "The Ambassadors," whose journey to Europe prompts a profound reassessment of his life and values.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary protagonist
age middle-aged
appearsIn The Ambassadors
appearsInLanguage English
associatedWith Chad Newsome
Madame de Vionnet
Maria Gostrey
Mrs. Newsome
Woollett, Massachusetts
characterTrait conscientious
observant
reflective
self-critical
createdBy Henry James
creator Henry James
employer Mrs. Newsome
familyName Strether
fictionalUniverse Henry James’s The Ambassadors universe
firstAppearance The Ambassadors
fullName Lewis Lambert Strether
gender male
givenName Lambert
Lewis
literaryFunction vehicle for Jamesian point of view
literaryPeriod Realism
loyalTo Mrs. Newsome
medium novel
mission to bring Chad Newsome back to Woollett
moralPosition advocates living fully before it is too late
narrativeRole central consciousness
nationality American
occupation editor
magazine editor
protagonistOf The Ambassadors
relationshipStatus widower
residence Woollett, Massachusetts
romanticInterest Maria Gostrey
sentTo Europe
Paris
themeInvolvement American versus European culture
innocence versus experience
renunciation
undergoes moral awakening
reassessment of his life and values
workPublicationYear 1903

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Strether familyName Strether