tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2078922993132305440..comments2024-03-27T16:48:21.039-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: the effect of tone and tint - Lambert Strether perceives - The Ambassadors as Paris novelAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-54704358223590092372017-03-31T00:15:25.377-05:002017-03-31T00:15:25.377-05:00Yes, Woollett as a retreat, an internal exile. Bu...Yes, Woollett as a retreat, an internal exile. But Paris maybe not home, either. I glanced at that idea with the new post, that Strether is shown a selection of real homes in Paris - could any of them be his?<br /><br />The countryside chapter and the early park chapter, which I cannot stop quoting, were easily my favorite parts of the novel.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-2432823493776556562017-03-30T19:02:31.211-05:002017-03-30T19:02:31.211-05:00The chapter after the Pococks (?) arrive, where St...The chapter after the Pococks (?) arrive, where Strether wanders around in the countryside surrounding Paris, is just great stuff. For once, maybe, Strether is just <i>being</i>, not in any sort of tension with his surroundings. A false but beautiful respite.scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-15753210610450401512017-03-30T18:58:02.826-05:002017-03-30T18:58:02.826-05:00There's a very Jamesian sort of idea in The Am...There's a very Jamesian sort of idea in <i>The Ambassadors</i> that Strether is actually coming home when he returns to Paris, that he was a sort of exile in Woollett. Though Strether is sort of an exile to himself anyway, not really comfortably at home anywhere. scott g.f.baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05726743149139510832noreply@blogger.com