<영어로 읽는 고전 _ 헨리 제임스의 대사들>
"대사들(The Ambassadors)"은 1903년에 처음 출판된 헨리 제임스(Henry James)의 소설로, 이 소설은 "비둘기의 날개"(1902) 및 "황금 그릇"(1904)과 함께 많은 비평가와 학자들에 의해 제임스의 가장 훌륭한 작품 중 하나로 받고 있다.
“대사들”은 옛 것과 새 것, 미국과 유럽, 이상과 현실의 갈등을 다룬 소설이다. 사랑과 상실, 시간의 흐름에 관한 소설이기도 하다.
이 소설은 복잡하고 미묘한 등장인물, 아름다운 산문, 인간 상태에 대한 통찰력으로 호평을 받아왔다.


"The Ambassadors" is a novel by Henry James first published in 1903. The novel, along with "The Wings of the Dove" (1902) and "The Golden Vessel" (1904), has won many critics and scholars. It is widely regarded as one of James' finest works.
“The Ambassadors” is a novel that deals with the conflict between the old and the new, America and Europe, and ideals and reality. It is also a novel about love, loss, and the passage of time.
The novel has been praised for its complex and nuanced characters, beautiful prose, and insight into the human condition.

요약
이 소설은 약혼자 뉴섬 부인의 아들인 채드 뉴섬을 되찾기 위해 파리로 파견된 중년 미국인 루이스 램버트 스트레더의 이야기를 담고 있다. Chad는 몇 년 동안 파리에 살고 있으며 Newsome 부인은 그가 유럽의 영향으로 타락했다고 걱정한다.
Strether는 Chad가 미국으로 돌아가도록 설득하기 위해 파리에 도착하지만, 그는 곧 도시의 아름다움과 문화에 매력을 느끼게 된다. 그는 또한 Chad와 그의 동반자 Madame de Vionnet에 대한 깊은 애정을 키우기 시작한다.
Strether는 Chad가 파리에서 행복하다는 것을 깨닫고 Chad가 미국으로 돌아가도록 설득해야 하는지 의문을 갖기 시작하는데…

Summary
This novel tells the story of Louis Lambert Strather, a middle-aged American who is sent to Paris to retrieve Chad Newsom, the son of his fiancee, Mrs. Newsom. Chad has been living in Paris for several years, and Mrs. Newsome worries that he has become corrupted by European influences.
Strether arrives in Paris to try to convince Chad to return to the United States, but he soon becomes attracted to the city's beauty and culture. He also begins to develop a deep affection for Chad and his companion Madame de Vionnet.
Strether realizes that Chad is happy in Paris and begins to question whether he should persuade Chad to return to the United States...

Contents

Volume I
Preface
Book First
I. Strether's first question, when he reached the hotel
II. He had none the less to confess to this friend
III. He had told Miss Gostrey

Book Second
I. Those occasions on which Strether was
II. Strether called, his second morning in Paris

Book Third
I. Strether told Waymarsh all about it
II. When Miss Gostrey arrived, at the end of a week

Book Fourth
I. "I've come, you know
II. It really looked true moreover from the way

Book Fifth
I. The Sunday of the next week was a wonderful day
II. On which Strether saw that Chad was again at hand
III. Chad was not in fact on this occasion to keep his promise

Book Sixth
I. It was quite by half-past five
II. In Chad's lovely home, however
III. Madame de Vionnet, having meanwhile come in

Volume II
Book Seventh
I. It wasn't the first time Strether
II. He received three days after
III. At four o'clock that afternoon

Book Eighth
I. Strether rambled alone during these few days
II. Strether quitted the station half an hour later
III. As the door of Mrs. Pocock's salon

Book Ninth
I. "The difficulty is," Strether said to Madame de Vionnet
II. So far as a direct approach
III. There they were yet again, accordingly

Book Tenth
I. Strether occupied beside little Bilham
II. When one morning within the week he perceived
III. Almost the first thing, strangely enough

Book Eleventh
I. He went late that evening to the Boulevard Malesherbes
II. One of the features of the restless afternoon passed by
III. He had taken the train a few days after
IV. What he saw was exactly the right thing

Book Twelfth
I. Strether couldn't have said he had during the previous hours
II. "Oh, you're all right, you're all right,"
III. His purpose had been to see Chad the next day
IV. He was to delay no longer to re-establish communication with Chad
V. He had, however, within two days